Im Zeichen des Kultbaues

Klein, Fritz; Felix Durach. Im Zeichen des Kultbaues. Leipzig: Heitzverlag, 1932. First edition. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 8 1/2″). 62, [2]pp (Text), [9] leaves (Plates). Original illustrated dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Frontispiece. Decorative tailpieces.

Published in collaboration with sculptor Fritz Klein and architect Felix Durach, “Im Zeichen des Kultbaues” (Under the sign of religious architecture) is a monograph advocating modernity in the construction of cult places.

This volume is illustrated with 4 in-text illustrations of floor plans and architectural drawings, and 14 full-page plates, including four in color depicting outside and inside views of, according to the authors, the ideal modern church.

Minor shelf wear, with spine sunned and partly rubbed. Sporadic foxing along edges of very first and very last pages. Text in German. Dust-jacket in overall good+, wrappers and interior in good+ to very good condition. g+ to vg. Softcover. (41013) $65