Lot 30341 – “Olympia / Die Entwickelung der Spiele in Wort und

“Olympia / Die Entwickelung der Spiele in Wort und Bild” group with a handpainted essay and three proofs, the essay endorsed on the reverse in pencil in German: “Design commissioned for the Reichsdruckerei foe the binding of the Olympia colour printed catalogue 1936”, showing Olympic Rings and flame atop a pillar with the names of the cities to have hosted the Summer Olympics including Helsinki, the three proofs showing the different stages of the printing, attractive, would make a nice frontispiece for a 1940 Helsinki collection.