IMPORTANT GERMAN COMPANY PHOTOBOOK "Zellwolle" (undertitle: "Vom Wunder ihres Werdens") with the IMPRESSIVE PHOTOS by Dr. Paul Wolff (1887–1951) - in BREATH-TAKING PHOTOGRAVURE PRINTING. Dr. Paul Wolff was one of the MOST FAMOUS GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHERS of the 30ties and 40ties period and the pioneer of "Leica" small-format photography. The book title is mentioned here: - Manfred Heiting, Kristina Lemke, Dr. Paul Wolff and Alfred Tritschler, The Printed Images 1906-2019, pages 292/293 - Manfred Heiting, Roland Jäger, Autopsie 2, page 454 - Michael Koetzle, Dr. Paul Wolff und Tritschler, Light and Shadow, Photographs 1920-1950 VINTAGE book from the 30ties - SCARCE, ESPECIALLY with the ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Welcome to the "GERMAN PHOTOBOOKS" auction by Ecki Heuser (5Uhr30.com, Cologne) - with more than 100 fantastic lots. IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. Brönners Druckerei und Verlag, Francfort/Main. 1938. First edition, second printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. 238 x 278 mm. 120 pages (64 with photos, 56 with text). 20 plates in the text. 96 black and white photos by Dr. Paul Wolff. Text: Paul G. Ehrhardt. Text in German. Condition: Book inside excellent, fresh and flawless, clean with no marks and with no foxing. Book outside with some foxing and some stains, at the bottom of the spine teared (with no consequence for inside). Dustjacket complete, impressive and with light trace of use only; much better than usual. Overall very good condition. Fantastic, highly impressive company photobook. "To this day, Wolff and Tritschler are familiar names as pioneers of the Leica, as forerunners of a lively style in illustrative photography and reportage. Besides that, their work, estimated to stand at 700,000 shots, reflects several chapters of German history at a stroke: from the cultural awakening during the years of the Weimar Republic, through the Third Reich, and on to the Second World War, in the end phase of which significant portions of the Wolff archive were also destroyed. In terms of formal aesthetics, the two photographers demonstrated a range between convention and New Objectivity, between homeland style and New Vision. There was virtually no topic that Wolff & Tritschler failed to cover. Their photographic work shapes our notion of the old or »New Frankfurt« just as much as it stirs our longing for faraway places, as evoked by their shots from journeys by car or ship or flights on the Zeppelin. In sum, no small number of contradictions characterize the work of Wolff & Tritschler over three decades. However, precisely that makes their oeuvre, which oscillates between service provision and artistic aspiration, between avant-garde and adaptation, a rich seam for a broad-based historical and critical examination."