[Rarebooks] FS: Two 1930s German Tombstone & Grave Memorial Catalogs

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “ Grabschmuck. Katalog No.11 [and] Katalog No.17”

Wurtemburg; Ernst Strassacker: ca. 1930 & 1936.

DISCUSSION: A wonderful pair of trade catalogs of memorial figures and
decorations for monuments and gravestones, issued by a German bronze
foundry. Each features a wide array of figures, urns, vases, crosses,
plaques, gates, pediments and other cast decorative elements, many with a
distinctly Art Deco or Moderne feeling. The vast majority of the
iconography is Christian, but each catalog does feature a dozen or so
Jewish items, and the 1936 catalog features a selection of Hebrew letters
in the fonts section. There are also brass symbols for various trades, and
a selection of Masonic emblems. A very interesting pair of catalogs.

DESCRIPTION: 2 catalogs. Softcover. 9”x11.5”, 81 pages and 120 pages;
filled with black & white illustrations.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers a bit sunned around the edges; several cover
creases; some soil; a few pages of Catalog 11 with moderate soil.

PRICE: $275.00

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