Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique Roret, 1851. First edition. 8vo., l, 199 pp. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper over boards, rubbed along the edges. The foxing on the title page diminishes to mild as the text progresses; the last 80 pages show a faint dampstain along the lower edge, which increases towards the..... More
Paris: Leiber; Leipzig: Jung-Treuttel; Madrid: C. Bailly-Baillère, 1864. First separate edition. 12mo., 35 pp., mounted photo plate frontispiece. Illustrated original paper wrappers, which are creased, occasionally stained; else very good. Housed in a newly-made morocco and cloth clamshell box. Blanquart-Evrard was a prolific inventor of photographic process and a notable..... More
Lille: Imprimerie L. Danel, 1869. First edition. 4to., Original printed front wrapper, 2 blanks, half-title, title, 61 pp., 14 leaves of plates with tissue guards, rear printed wrapper. Newly bound in half navy morocco and marbled paper over boards, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands and gilt titling, rules..... More
Paris - Lille: Didron; Chez L. Quarre, 1869 - 1870. First edition. 8vo., [ii], 561 pp. Contemporary quarter morocco gilt and cloth over boards, t.e.g., others untrimmed. The board tips are rubbed through and there is scattered foxing to the text. A near very good copy. LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, SES ORIGINES..... More
[Paris]: Kodak-Pathe, 1978. Blanquart-Evrard. First edition. Square 8vo., [28] pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Stapled illustrated wrappers, which are slightly soiled; stamp of the Cohen-Johnson collection on the title page. Very good. More
[Paris]: Kodak-Pathe, 1978. Blanquart-Evrard. First edition. Square 8vo., [28] pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Stapled illustrated wrappers. [with] 10 pp. checklist for the exhibition held at the Bibliothèque Forney, May 24 - July 1, 1978. More