{"product_id":"rheinlands-weine-1928","title":"Rheinlands Weine","description":"\u003cp\u003eMosel, Saar und Ruwer Weine. Rhineland Wines - Moselle, Saar and Ruwer Wines. 1928 First edition Pp. 103. Out of pagination: [3] full-color lithographic plates; [2] copper-red monochrome lithographic plates; [26] leaves with 58 monochrome copper red photographs; [1] folded map of the Mosel  Köln (Cologne) M. Dumont Schauberg Original cardboard covers, printed in black and red, with an embossed coat of arms highlighted in gold and silver. Small stain to the upper margin of the front cover; edges slightly worn. Title page with chromolithograph and decorative elements in copper red, title in black. The rich visual material comprises numerous single-color lithographs in an elegant copper-red tone within the text, together with a group of plates outside the pagination: 3 full-color lithographic plates, 2 copper-red lithographic plates, and, above all, 26 pages (in the second part of the volume) printed recto\/verso with 58 copper-red photographs with descriptive captions; with a folded map at the end. A fair copy, with minor blemishes and signs of use. Published in 1928 as the 4th installment in the series Schriftenfolge: Rheinlands Weine by the Propaganda-Verband Preußischer Weinbaugebiete in Bonn, this volume is a richly illustrated celebration of the wine regions along the Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer rivers.  The local viticultural heritage is presented simultaneously as ancient tradition, living landscape, poetic experience, and German national treasure - a multi-layered cultural and marketing argument entirely characteristic of its era.  The oblong octavo format, decorated cover, and the quality and variety of illustrative techniques, together with the printed handwritten dedication dated 1. März 1928, all reinforce the impression that this booklet was intended to assert the importance of viticulture in the region. The volume opens with sections including Romische Denkmaler vom Weinbau by Dr. Siegfried Loeschcke, Das Deutsche Weinmuseum in Trier, and Geschichtliche Entwicklung des Mosel-, Saar- und Ruwerweinbaues.  It also includes poetry, among it Es bluht der Wein by M. Hornscheid.  In teh second part of the volume, entirely photographic, the reader encounters views of wine villages including Piesport, Dhron, Canzem, Saarburg, and Trier. A map of the Mosel river's winding course marks the wine villages along its route (folded at the end).  The volume belongs to a moment in late Weimar culture when regional identity, landscape, and historical memory were being woven together with unusual sophistication and strong intention. The years 1928 and 1929 represent the \"hinge\" of the Weimar Republic, the precise moment where the optimism of the \"Golden Twenties\" collided with the onset of the Great Depression - making this little booklet even more relevant. A wistful toast to Weimar wine culture in 1928: regional pride with a light, folkloric touch, capturing that fleeting moment when progress felt endless and tradition still danced unselfconsciously in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Fenice Antiquaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48097364705515,"sku":"111-1928--180-59-46103.5430555556","price":279.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/2000\/5611\/files\/00111_IMG_7411copy.jpg?v=1776194487","url":"https:\/\/fenicebooks.com\/en-ca\/products\/rheinlands-weine-1928","provider":"La Fenice Antiquaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}