Paris: Piublisher not identified, 1900. First edition. 4to., [29cm. x 19.8 cm] / 102 pp., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text, 10 plates with tissue guards (1 of these in color). Printed wrappers expertly repaired with a new paper spine. Moderate wear; a very good copy. Housed in..... More
Paris: Publisher not identified, [1900]. First edition. 4to. [28 cm. x 19 cm], 102 pp., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text, 10 plates with tissue guards (1 of these in color). Original printed wrappers. Neat ownership signature of a member of the jury of classe 5 on the..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1903. [Second edition ?]. 4to., 102 pp., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text, 10 plates with tissue guards (1 of these in color). New wrappers with the worn original wrappers laid-down. First gathering is detached; closed tear and mild chipping to the last blank leaf. Housed..... More
Paris: Leiber, 1865. First edition. 12mo., [i], 51 pp, [2] pp, 160 tables, 45 pp, [1] pp, errata. Contemporary (publisher's?) cloth, titled in gilt on the upper cover and in blind on the spine. A fine copy. SIGNED and presented by the author on the blank front flyleaf. Appended to..... More
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, [1880]. First edition. 8vo., xx, 493, [1] pp., 27 b&w and color plates with tissue guards, text illustrations. Quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, tips rubbed. Ownership stamp of nineteenth century French photographer Hubert Bretin on the front and rear free endpapers and an occasional..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1886. First edition. 12mo., 151 pp., engraved figures and charts. Half morocco and marbled boards, gilt title within raised bands on spine, t.e.g.; spine faded and light wear at tips. A very good and bright copy. This manual provides instructions for making negatives/positives for a variety of applications..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1886. First edition. 12mo., 151 pp., engraved figures and charts. Full cloth with leather spine label in gilt. The cloth is damp-wrinkled and stained. The ink stsamp of a photographic society is on the front free flyleaf and one leaf of text. A good copy. This manual provides..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1885. First edition. 2 volumes 8vo., xvi, 348 pp., illustrations in text; x, 238 pp., text illustrations. Half morocco and paper over boards, raised bands on spine with gilt title and rules. The top and bottom of the spines are lightly rubbed; other edges are rubbed with..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1891. First edition. 12mo., xvi, 127 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text, including one plate with a mounted color diagram of the visible color spectrum, and a folding diagram of Vogel's spectrographe with tissue guard. Half morocco and marbled boards, gilt-title within raised bands on spine..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1891. First edition. 12mo., xvi, 127 pp., illustrations in text, including one plate with a mounted color diagram of the visible color spectrum, and a folding diagram of Vogel's spectrographe with tissue guard. Quarter morocco and marbled boards, gilt-title within raised bands on spine. Some pencilled underlining and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1891. First edition. 12mo., xvi, 127 pp., frontis with tissue guard, 14 illustrations in text, folding diagram of Vogel's spectrographe with tissue guard and one plate with a mounted color chart of the visible color spectrum. Printed paper wrappers. A folded contemporary manuscript of six holograph pages concerned..... More
Paris: Alfred Vibien, 1870. First edition. 12mo., 61, [1] pp. Publisher's original printed wrappers. Owner's neat signature on the blank flyleaf, and small ink stamp on the title page. A fine copy. This is the second volume of a two volume work; however, it is an independent work. Roosens and..... More
Bruxelles: Bureau du Bulletin Belge de la Photographie, 1873. First edition. 8vo., 51 pp., later cloth-backed marbled paper wrappers. The title page bears the stamp of a chemist as well as a manufacturer of photographic chemicals (the later stamp also appears on 2 additional leaves). Occasional light foxing, toning and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1881. First edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 246 pp., photoglyptie (Woodburytype) frontispiece with tissue guard by Liebert, plus another printed by Woodbury; illustrations in text. Half morocco and marbled boards, raised bands on spine with gilt title and rules, t.e.g. Occasional scattered foxing. A very good copy. A nicely..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1881. First edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 246 pp., photoglyptie (Woodburytype) frontispiece with tissue guard by Liebert, plus another printed by Woodbury; illustrations in text. Half calf and marbled boards, spine with gilt title and rules; scuffing primarily at the top and bottom of the spine. Occasional scattered foxing..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1900. First edition. Small 8vo., xvii, 445 pp., 65 illustrations in text. New facsimile paper wrappers with fragments of original wrappers bound-in; first few leaves chipped at corners, with no loss of text A good, and unopened copy. Léon Vidal (1834-1906) was head of the Association of Musée..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1893. First edition. Small 8vo., xviii, 419 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard as plate 1: photocollographic; plate 2: photozincograph with tissue guard; plate 3: contains three mounted paper specimens, lined, grained and smooth; illustrations in text. Half faux leather and cloth, titled in gilt on the..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. First edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 284 pp., frontispiece is a phototypie by Quinsac with tissue guard, plus 3 full-page phototypie plates by C. Relvas, other illustrations in text. Half morocco and marbled boards, raised bands on spine with gilt title and rules, t.e.g. Scattered foxing, frontispiece and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. First edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 284 pp., frontispiece is a phototypie by Quinsac with partially detached tissue guard, plus a full-page phototypie plate by C. Relvas; other illustrations in text. Half calf and marbled boards, spine with gilt title and rules; scuffing primarilly at the top and..... More