Flowers in Nature and Design Brod, Frtizi

New York: Stephen Daye Press, 1947. Slim folio, (4)pp. followed by 28 black and white plates and six sets of colour printed plates and colour printed onion skin transparencies showing the color separation process. Original green cloth, pictorial gilt stamp on upper board. Front free endpaper creased. A near fine copy. § First edition. "An analysis and stylization of common wild flowers found here and in Europe. This volume constitutes a rich source of ideas and designs for use in studios and shops where leather, metal, plastics, pottery, crystal, porcelain, paper products and publications are produced for consumption in a modern society where aesthetic ideals are valued more and more in everyday life" (introduction).