127 - Marcus Behmer - Walter von zur Westen. *The Art of Courtesy*. Congratulatory Cards, Visiting Cards, and Family Announcements from Six Centuries. Berlin, Otto von Holten, 1921. With an etched title vignette and an etched New Year’s card by Marcus Behmer, plus 29 additional plates featuring, in part, original small-scale prints, and 376 mounted illustrations. Original half-parchment binding with spine label and gilding.

Marcus Behmer - Walter von zur Westen. *The Art of Courtesy*. Congratulatory Cards, Visiting Cards, and Family Announcements from Six Centuries. Berlin, Otto von Holten, 1921. With an etched title vignette and an etched New Year’s card by Marcus Behmer, plus 29 additional plates featuring, in part, original small-scale prints, and 376 mounted illustrations. Original half-parchment binding with spine label and gilding. Announcement time: approx. 1:13 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 50 special edition copies, printed on handmade paper and signed by the author and Marcus Behmer. - A total of 30 plates featuring approximately 20 original prints, though the notation “from the original plate” was not always printed on them. These include etchings by Georg Broel, Felix Hollenberg, Marcus Behmer, Bruno Héroux, and M. E. Philipp. - The main title and subtitle were drawn by Marcus Behmer. - Walter zur Westen, a prominent collector of small-scale prints, “rose to become the foremost expert in this field of art history” (Marcus Haucke), Marcus Behmer enjoyed his esteem, and so it is no wonder that the decisive design of the volume was entrusted to him. - In Westen’s assessment, Behmer belonged “[...] to use Goethe’s words, to the mighty ones who assimilate the foreign” (page 150). - From the estate of the caricaturist Heinz Flemig (1909–1995), featuring his bookplate. - Premium copies are very rare. Haucke 47. - Rodenberg 243 33.4 × 26.5 cm. VIII, 305, [1] pages, 3 subheadings, 30 plates. - Spine label with minor corner loss. - Some foxing in places; three pages browned.