Hamburg. 1927. August Rapp. Hans Leim. Albertus Verlag Berlin.

Series: 'Das Gesicht der Städte’. Photography by August Rupp, Hansa Luftbild, Max Kaulfuss und H v Seggern, showing on 128 gravure plates the famous port, architecture, every day life, street scenes, people, old ships, famous places etc. of Hamburg in between the two world wars. Photographs captions in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.
This edition with very scarce dust jacket which has been designed in a photomontage. The design of this dust jacket for ‘Hamburg’ is by far the most exciting in the series of city portraits. Other titles in this series of early photobooks portraying famous cities include: Moscow, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, Peking, London, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Konstantinopel,

The designer of this dust jacket is unknown. More research needed.. The style reminds of Paul Citroen. John Heartfield, Sasha Stone.

Printing by Albert Frisch, Berlin and Binding by Spamerschen Buchbinderei, Leipzig