Wendingen - 1918 nummer 2 - 1918

Rare issue of the famous architectural magazine Wendingen: the second issue of the first year, at the time a circulation of 650. Extra rare because of the Ex Libris of HW Valk, a well-known Dutch architect.

Wendingen was a very leading monthly for building and adornment. A Dutch architecture and art magazine published from 1918 to 1933, initially by the Amsterdam publisher De Hooge Brug (Henri Wiessing) and from 1924 by the publisher C.A. Mees in Santpoort (Mea Verwey and Conno Mees).

Editor-in-chief was the architect Hendrik Wijdeveld, who played an important role regarding content, design and typography. Many architects and artists contributed to the magazine.

Wendingen from the first year are very scarce, also because of the poor paper that was used. There are still a few tens or hundreds of copies left, most of which are in international museum collections and libraries.

This copy is in reasonably good condition; the raffia binding is intact and the interior as well, the cover shows some tears and discoloration on the inside back. See the photos for more.

The contents include, among other things, the submissions for an Amsterdam literary prize and a survey of Gustav Klimt by Hendrik Wijdeveld.