Gerlach, Martin (1846-1918) Die Perle, La Perle, The Pearl, a Monthly Illustrated Journal for Goldsmiths and Jewellers.

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Gerlach, Martin (1846-1918) Die Perle, La Perle, The Pearl, a Monthly Illustrated Journal for Goldsmiths and Jewellers. Vienna: Gerlach & Co. (Ferdinand Schenk),[1880].
Folio, volume two only, containing thirty-seven full-paged numbered plates of jewelry designs, two of which are printed in full color, plates are interspersed with pages of descriptive text, bound in full publisher's cloth, elaborately stamped and gilt, textured metallic end leaves; spine fragmentary and detached, sewing structure perished, some signatures sprung, 14 1/2 x 11 in.
Gerlach inherited a jewelry business that he discontinued in favor of printing. He created this and other pattern books for jewelry designers and pioneered commercial use of heliotype printing.
Estimate $800-1,000


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