‎BIRK Michael - TUTTLINGEN (Deutschland) - (publisher-editor ) :‎
‎Catalogue N° 4 (Trade catalogue for the pharmaceutical industry, medical laborataries, chirugical operation theatres ...etc.)‎

‎".: Tuttlingen (Germ.), Mich. Birk, s.d. (1910-1911), in-4°, 29 x 23 cm, (20)nn pp (chromolithographi & embossed label samples) + 290 pp + xxxi pp. Bound in illustrated publisher's cloth. The illustrated catalogue is published in 4 languages: German, English, French & Spanish. The catalogue opens with a stunning collection of chromo-lithographic plates representing labels, stamps, bottle-labels etc for a large choice of products, (mainly pharmaceutical, some labels embossed and.or heightened with gold ). The catalogue consists of 4 parts: [1] Paper ware (labels etc.) ; [2] Apothecary & Laboratory equipment ; [3] Bandage, hygiene and syringes etc...; [4] surgical instruments, equipment for operation theatre . The catalogue is a mint copy !. We presume that it survived in a cache of non-distributed copies as it was published just befor WWI. Some of the label specimen are beautifully executed in pure ''Art-Nouveau'' style.."‎

Reference : 54679

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