ANDERSON, HENDRIK CHRISTIAN; and HÉBRARD, ERNEST M. Creation of a World Centre of Communication. 24 heliogravure plates and plans, several double-page or folding, 31 illustrations in text. Large, thick folio, rebound in 3/4 morocco gilt, defective, front cover loose; occasional spotting, tears, browning, and creasing along folds of some plates and a few margins. Ex-collection Smiley Brothers, Inc., dba Mohonk Mountain House. Paris, 1913
proposal for a utopian world plan. number 84 of 275 copies on vélin a la cuve, from a total edition of 300, this copy printed for Lake Mohonk Conferences on Arbitration. The fairly scarce work was issued in a limited number of copies but never offered for sale because of the outbreak of World War I. Andersen's Utopian vision of a "World City" wherein humanity could be transformed by an abundance of well-conceived art and architecture, consisted of a world capital, including an International Court to be situated on the U.S. Atlantic, Italian, or Spanish coast. Hébrard's conception of the idea is massive and comprehensive, an idiosyncratic anticipation of future architecture and styles.
