Degerstedt binding of Brugalla 1945

BOOK BINDING BY OLOF DEGERSTEDT. BRUGALLA, E. Tres ensayos sobre el arte de la Encuadernación. Barcelona 1945.4to (280x210 mm). Plates and illustrations. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. Number 184 of 330 copies dedicated to Olof Degerstedt by the author in 1961.Olof Degerstedt MdE (1908-80) studied 1930-31 at the University of Fine Arts (Landeskunstschule) in Hamburg where his teacher was the well-known Franz Weisse. He was later head of the famous bindery at Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm, from 1947 until 1977 when they closed down. (Mästarband 1630-1980, printed 1980).