{"product_id":"pictorial-statistics","title":"PICTORIAL STATISTICS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003eIVANITZKY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003e, I.P. \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Struggle for Five Years in Four. \u003c\/i\u003eEdited by L. Kogan. [6] pp.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIllustrated with 64 plates, of which three are double-page. Oblong 4to, 195 x 240 mm., loose as issued in publisher's purple cloth folding case. Moscow: State Publishing House of Fine Arts, [1932]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; color: #222222;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003eA spectacular and early example of the use of pictorial statistics in the Soviet Union.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFirst developed in 1920s Vienna by Otto Neurath, the Soviets were early adopters forming the IZOSTAT Institute in 1931 with Ivanitzky as one of its major theoreticians.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003eHere, Ivanitzky converts an arid compilation of government statistics on subjects varying from trade union receipts to shoe production into a dazzling illustrated book. The overambitious and exaggerated statistics are captioned in English as these publications where clearly intended to impress Western audiences with the Soviet Union's rapid modernization. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003eCover with some general wear, title leaf evenly toned, the plates remain in fine bright condition.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calab Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51709984538945,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/3547\/7825\/files\/web_fda906ff-e90e-450c-9e8b-f22d9908cdf8.jpg?v=1778259453","url":"https:\/\/www.calabrarebooks.com\/products\/pictorial-statistics","provider":"Calab Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}