Das Antlitz Des Alters

by Erich Retzlaff

$275 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

First edition

Düsseldorf: Pädagogischer Verlag G.M.B.H., 1930. First edition. Gray cloth with d/j. Quarto. 21pp., 47 photographs. Original photo-illustrated wraps with white lettering on cover. Poetic introduction by Jakob Kneip contemplating old age in various settings. Illustrated with 47 impressive full page b/w portrait photographs of elderly people by Erich Retzlaff 1899-1993 known for his portraits of workers, farmers, peasants

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