DIE SCHÖNHEIT II.-XI. (1905-1914)

We have just acquired a bound volume of 11 early issues of the German magazine DIE SCHÖNHEIT (1905-1914), the contents of which will be indexed in the near future.

Bound in blue boards with faded gild letters on the spine and front cover, the book has been in fine condition with interesting articlea and numerous duotone and black and white illustrations.

Karl Vanselow (1876-1959) edited it to 1914; Richard A. Giesecke of Dresden to 1932 when he finally suspended publication of the monthly magazine.

Issues available in this blue bound volume: II.2, 3, 5, 6; III.7; VII.7; X.6, 7: XI.4, 6, 12.

DIE SCHÖNHEIT II. 2 (1905))

Τitle: Die Schönheit, Heft 2, II. Jahrgang
Publisher: Verlag der Schönheit, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien
Editor: Karl Vanselow
Language: German
Country of Origin: Germany
Format: 161x244mm (trimmed)
Pages: 74 single colour excluding covers printed on matt art paper (volume continuous pagination)
Illustrations: 22+ black and white plates and pictures
Frequency: Monthly
Binding: Thread stitched
Weight: N/A
Single Copy: N/A
Subscription rates: (12 issues) N/A

CONTENTS / INHALT  „DIE SCHÖNHEIT“

(68) Blühende Äste von Hugo Salus
(69) Morgenluft von Dr. Heinrich Pudor
(72) Eigene Schönheit von Ed. Platzhoff-Lejeune
(77) Das Hirtenmädchen von Franz Müller-Münster
(78) Von der Schönheit der Frauen. IX. Julie Récamier von Dr. Adolph Kohut
(88) „Das Nackte in der italienischen Hochrenaissance‟ (Michel Angelo, Tizian, Raffael, Correggio) von Josef Kirchner
(99) Gebet von Georg Edward
(100) Die Schönheit im Hause und die Frau von Dr. Adolph Kohut
(107) Geschlecht und Gesellschaft.II  Schule und Sittlichkeit
(114) In nackter Reinheit. Skizze von Anton Freiherr von Perfall
(120) In Andacht von Karl Vanselow
(121) Stunden aus dem Leben eines Weibes. I von Rosa Maria
(126) Meeresidylle von Carl Busse

BEIBLATT ZUR SCHONHEIT. II. Jahrg. Heft 2

(17) Die begehrenswerteste Frau
(17) Frauentracht und Körperverkrümmung
(18) Die Fächersprache
(19) Der unsittliche Griechen-Gott
(19) Eine internationale Touristenbahn
(19) Familienbäder
(19) Förderung der Leibesübungen in Amerika
(20) Antikes Salböl
(20) Ein neues Mittel zur Beseitigung des Muttermals
(21) Bezugsquellen und Empfehlungen
(23) Anzeigen
(29) Zur Besprechung eingegangene Bücher
(30) Die Heilanstalt Waldof-Elgershausen
(30) Über das Waschen der Augen
(30) Mund- und Lippenpflege

TURNING TO NATURE IN GERMANY

ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-0015-3
Writer: John Alexander Williams, 1962-

Τitle: Turning to Nature in Germany

NACKTKULTUR (NUDE CULTURE) PHILOSOPHY

1. In nudity there is class equality.

2. Total nudity destroys the mystery and secrecy of sex, doing away with unhealthy desires and perversions.

3. When people must show their bodies in public they cannot remain compacent about remediable defects and deformities that clothing can mask.

4. Sunbathing and exercise in the open air naturally strengthen the body and give it a beauty that can only come from health.

5. The human organism, expecially the glandular and nervous systems need direct contact with air and sun for proper functioning.

6. Clothing is by nature unhygienic, unaesthetic and undemocratic.

7. It is as important to remove foreign bodies, in the form of meat, alcohol and tobacco, from inside the body as it is to remove artificial coverings from the outside.

8. The improvement of the race in both health and beauty, as well as morality, is a goal toward which all nudists should aspire.

Heinrich Pudor (1865-1943)

(Source: Naked as a Jaybird by Dian Hanson, Taschen, 2003, page 18)

GESCHLECHT UND GESELLSCHAFT III

Τitle: Geschlecht und Gesellschaft (Gender and Society), Dritter Band (III, 1-12), 1908
Publisher: Verlag der Schönheit, Berlin
Editor: Karl Vanselow (1876-1959)
Language: German
Format: 156x235mm 
Place of Publication: Berlin, Leipzig, Wien
Year of Publication: 1908
Pages: xiv+576
Illustrations: 109 duotone and black & white plates, pictures and sketches printed on matt art paper
Binding: Hardcover in embossed lettering and design front cover; to facilitate the binding all 12 front and back covers have been removed
Weight: 1,480 gr.
Entry No.: 2009069
Date of Entry: 23^rd November 2009

CONTENTS

This is the second oldest acquisition of the Naturist Library & Documentation Centre, edited by Karl Vanselow, founder of the first naturist magazine “Die Schönheit” (Beauty) in the spring of 1902. The entire volume deals with sex education and life in the late German Empire. Excellent printing on heavy paper.