Book Nature Photographs. Blossfeldt, Karl. Wunder in der Natur. Bild-Dokumente schoner Pflanzenformen. Leipzig, H. Schmidt & C. Gunther. Pantheon Verlag fur Kunstwissenschaft, 1942. Portrait frontis., 120 photogravure plates printed recto only, some with two or three images, (10)pp., small folio 330 x 250 mm., publisher's cloth gilt titled. the binding is a little marked, and rubbed on edges with a small repair at spine top. Internally the first four plate leaves have a pale damp mark on top corner, not touching the plate, otherwise clean and unfoxed. Striking close-up photos of plant forms, the third volume, published posthumously, in Blossfeldt's remarkable trilogy. the other volumes are Urformen der Kunst, 1928, and Wundergarten der Natur 1932. Beginning in 1900, Blossfeldt [1865-1932] - a rare combination of craftsman and art historian - made thousands of photographic enlargements of plant leaves, stems and seed pods in order to reveal the link between the structure of plants and artistic form... Parr & Badger. the Photobook: a History. Volume !. p96, discussing the first volume in the trilogy. the three volumes are among the most influential of all photobooks.