Design of book cover and typographic arrangement by Jan Tschichold. Photo on the cover by El Lissitzky (self-portrait). Parallel texts in German, French and English. Subtitle: "76 Fotos der Zeit. 76 photographies de notre temps. 76 photoes of the period". With photographs by Piet Zwart, John Heartfield, El Lissitzky, Eugène Atget, Andreas Feininger, Max Ernst, Herbert Bayer, Willi Baumeister, George Grosz, Gutschow, Florence Henri, Hannah Höch, Hans Leistikow, Max Burchartz, László Moholy-Nagy, Walter Peterhans, Man Ray, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Geert Paul, Hendrikus Schuitema, Maurice Tabard, Karel Teige, Grete Vester, Dsiga Wertoff, Edward Weston, Umbo and many others. Introduction by Franz Roh ("Mechanismus und Ausdruck. Wesen und Wert der Fotographie").
Facsimile of the 1929 original, 1973, paperback, lichte verkleuring van de randen van de pagina's, goede staat