How the First Men Lived
NEURATH, Marie. How the First Men Lived. 36pp. Profuslely illustrated. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and illustrated dustwrapper. New York, Chanticleer Press 1950.
A typical example of the books produced by Marie Neurath. Her children's books tended to take complex information and transform it into concise explanations that combined words and pictures. In Vienna in the 1920s when she collaborated with Otto Neurath in the development of what became known as 'Isotype' (International System of Typographic Picture Education). Otto and Marie Neurath established the Isotype Institute in 1942 after they escaped to England from Nazi-occupied Europe. With some chipping to the dustjacket at top of spine, and portion of rear of dustjacket missing.
Item nr. 172918
Price:
$875.00