Blossfeldt, Karl: Urformen der Kunst. Photographische Pflanzenbilder. [...] Herausgegeben mit einer Einleitung von Karl Nierendorf. 96 Bildtafeln.

Berlin, Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1953. 4to. 31 x 22,3 cm. xvi pp. of text + 96 blue-tinted photographic plates.

Publisher’s beige cloth, gray lettering & ornament on front cover. No dustjacket. Very fine, practically as new.

Fifth edition of this classic ”Art Forms in Nature” (1935), where flowers, stems, leaves, buds, tendrils, seeds, and seed pods are arranged in intricate and elegant architectural structures, often greatly magnified.