Provenance
Emil Preetorius (1883-1973), Munich,
Germany (a)
Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer (1858-
1929), Leipzig, Germany (a&b)
By descent through the family (a&b)
Emil Preetorius was a German illus-
trator, graphic artist, book designer,
and art collector. He is also regarded
as one of the most important stage
designers of the first half of the 20th
century.
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„Die Altertümer von Benin“
3 vols., a) „Die Altertümer von Benin“,
Vol. I, Text volume, with 889 illustra-
tions after drawings by B. Ankermann,
G. Kilz, L. Sütterlin, and others, as well
as after photographs, etc. published
with the support of the Imperial Co-
lonial Ministry, the Rudolf Virchow
Foundation, and the Arthur Baessler
Foundation, de Gruyter & Co., Berlin
and Leipzig, 1919; Vol. II, Plates 1–50,
Berlin 1919; Vol. III, Plates 51–129, Ber-
lin 1919
In addition:
b) five items relating to the mono-
graph „Die Altertümer von Benin“ by
Felix von Luschan, in a cloth-bound
cardboard folder:
- Autograph letter by Felix von Luschan
to Hans Meyer, dated 25 November
1919, requesting a review of his mo-
nograph „Die Altertümer von Benin“
- Original autograph manuscript
by Hans Meyer: Review of Felix von
Luschan’s monograph „Die Altertü-
mer von Benin“, pencil, 38 pages
- Hans Meyer, book review: Felix von
Luschan, „Die Altertümer von Benin“,
offprint from the Berlin newspaper
„Tägliche Rundschau“, R 48–R57 (10
pages)
- separate offprint of Hans Meyer’s
book review in „Koloniale Rundschau“,
issue 2, Reimer, Berlin 1919
- publisher’s prospectus by De Gruyter
& Co., 1919, 4 pages