Bragdon, Claude

The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture

Manas Press, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good / No Jacket. Item #605852

Signed and initialed by the author on half title. An early manifesto by this prominent advocate for an “organic architecture” based on nature, published when Bragdon was only 20 years of age. Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt (general rubbing to extremities). From the library of noted architect Carl B. Traver, with his signature (dated 1910) on front endpaper. Traver's architectural archive is held by the University of Rochester Library.

Price: $120.00