HAECKEL, Ernst

Kunst-Formen der Natur.; Art Forms in Nature

Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1899-1904.

First edition of this famous and marvelous work by German biologist, Ernst Haeckel (1834 -1919). 'Kunst-Formen der Natur' had a considerable influence on decorative design in the Art Nouveau period at the start of the twentieth century depicting fantastic, real forms and structures found in animal and plant life.

Item #1162

Bound in publisher's illustrated portfolio clothboxes, each box 315 mm x 395 mm, 100 chromolithographs, issued in 11 parts, unbound in the original pictorial wrappers; a very good copy rarely offered complete.

Price: $12,500.00