Paris: Au Siege de la Société Française de Photographie, 1855-1939. First editions. 8vos., various paginations. 48 bound volumes, with the years 1855 - 1890 bound two years per volume; 1891 on are a single year per volume. The volumes from 1855 - 1913 are bound in quarter cloth with marbled..... More
Paris: Au Siege de la Société Française de Photographie, 1855-1898. First editions. 8vos., various paginations. 38 years in 27 bound volumes as follows: 1855 - 1862, 1864 -1878 in 12 volumes, bound in contemporary quarter calf and marble paper over boards, rubbed, with occasional light foxing, very good; with 1885..... More
A large, 15 x 12 inch portrait photograph with contemporary color of either crayons or pastels, with added charcoal, c.1900. The photograph was mounted to a cardboard backing when made; the backing board is acid and shows the ghost of a transfer which reads (in reverse) in pencil, 3rd (and)..... More
Unique album of 52 hand-colored 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch silver photographs, tipped to 26 album leaves, captioned in ink either on the image or mount. A few have tears at the corners, else very good. These hand-colored photographs, circa 1890, depict the striking landscapes of Whitaker"s Falls, Whetstone..... More
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Light soiling to the wrappers, with scattered light foxing in the text. A very good copy. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul Delaroche and Camille Roqueplan. As Pierre-Lin Renié wrote, "Alophe epitomizes the mediocre painter..... More
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Later cloth and marbled boards. Tips of a number of leaves creased; ex-library of the Sociéte Française de Photographie with their deaccession stamp and minimal markings. Very good. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul..... More
Mercedes, Argentina: Imprenta de la Aspiracion, 1877. First edition. 8vo., 80, (1) pp. Pamphlet with new paper spine. Upper edge unevenly trimmed. Title page is reinforced on the blank verso with paper, as is the rear wrapper, with soiling to the title page. Modest chipping at the edges of a...... More
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1904-1908. First edition. Small 4tos., each volume approx. 700 pp., tipped-in and mounted plates, other illustrations in text, and illustrated adverts and appendices. 4 volumes: 1904, 1905, 1907 and 1908. All volumes in publisher's printed cloth, which is slightly soiled, with advert stamped on the top or..... More
Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, 1854. Auer, Alois. First polyglot edition. Folio, 75 pp., 19 leaves of plates, 15 in color, 4 leaves of facsimile manuscripts. Later binding of full calf with gilt spine label, which is slightly rubbed with a small dent at the foredge. A few tissue guards are..... More
NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, [1994]. Baldus, Edouard. First edition. Oblong 4to., 294 pp., 177 illustrations primarily from b&w photographs, maps. A fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Baldus (1813-1889), was an early French photographer renowned for his technical ability, his architectural views..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, [1858]. Second edition. 8vo., xx, 412 pp., 4 pp. prospectus at rear, charts and tables. Scattered foxing, else very good in contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper over boards. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working with Claude Bernard. After..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, [1858]. Second edition. 8vo., xx, 412 pp., charts and tables. A fine and bright copy in contemporary gilt titled and decorated quarter morroco and paper over boards. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working with Claude Bernard. After..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, Gendre et Successeur de Bachelier, [1854]. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 296 pp., 16 pp. publisher's catalogue, charts and tables. Bound in quarter black morocco and marbled paper over boards. The spine is six compartments and titled in gilt. Original printed stiff wrappers are bound in. An occasional light..... More
Paris: Librairie de Firmin Deidot Frères, Fils et Cie, 1867 - 1868. First edition. 2 volumes bound as one. 8vo., iii, 431, [1]; 377, errata, [1]; 8 plates (some folding), of which 5 are color printed, other illustrations in text. Aside from occasional faint foxing, a fine and complete work..... More
Paris: Auguste Aubry, 1863. First edition. 12 mo., 22 pp. Original printed wrappers. Mild marginal dampstain and an occasional spot of foxing at the edges. A very good copy housed in a pamphlet case of cloth over boards with printed labels. By 1854, Émile Bellier de la Chavignerie, was a...... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, [1861]. First edition. 16mo., 129 pp. Printed wrappers. A segment of the front wrapper, which was lacking, has been replace with no loss of text; author / title in holograph was added to the spine. A tear on the title page has been repaired on the blank..... More
Paris: The Author, 1858. First edition. 8vo., [iv], 447 pp. Contemporary quarter roan and marbled paper over boards. Mild rubbing at edges; shelf numbers and deaccession stamps of the Société Francaise de Photographie on the blank margin of the half-title and title page, a few blank lower tips are creased..... More
Paris: Leiber, 1862. First edition. 8vo., [ii], [2], 413, [blank 414], 419 - 420 pp. [i.e. 416 pages, and complete]. Original printed wrappers, bound in modern half brown morocco and marbled paper over boards with the spine in six compartments, titled in gilt. Publisher's address eradicated from the front wrapper..... More
Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1854. First edition. 8vo., 208 pp., 3 pp. adverts. Printed wrappers, which are slightly chipped at the spine ends, with a short tear at the front joint. Scattered foxing, with a few chemical stains. A very good copy. Auguste Belloc, born in Paris in 1800, was a...... More
Paris: P. Dupont, 1892. First edition. 8vo., 88 pp., illustrated adverts. The original decorative wrappers are chipped with cello-tape stains; the front wrapper, formerly detached, has been laid down on archival paper; text shows light toning. A good copy. Housed in a cloth clamshell box with label on upper cover..... More
Paris: Photographie de la Presse Artistique, [ca 1860]. 4to., lithographic title page and 25 of 26 [?] leaves of mounted albumen photographic portraits 9.5 x 6.5 cm, with lithographic borders and the names of the subjects printed below the images, a.e.g. All leaves are attached to linen tabs, as issued..... More
Melun: Imprimerie Administratice, 1893. Nouvelle edition. Small 4to., lxxxiv, 148 pp., frontispiece, illustrated and charts in text. [bound with] IDENTIFICATION ANTHROPOMÉTRIQUE. INSTRUCTIONS SIGNALÉTIQUES. ALBUM: PREMIÈRE PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AUX OBSERVATIONS ANTHROPOMÉTRIQUES. [and] DEUXIÈME PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AUX RENSEIGNEMENTS DESCRIPTIFS. [and] TROISIÈME PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AU RELEVÉ DES MARQUES PARTICULIÈRES. Melun..... More
London: George Knight and Sons, 1850. Fourth edition. 16mo., 60 pp., illustrations in text, 4 pp. adverts. Original printed paper wrappers. The front wrapper bears the contemporary signature of the original owner and is moderately soiled, with wear and partial separation at the spine. The lower tips of several text..... More
Paris: Leiber; Leipzig: Jung-Treuttel; Madrid: C. Bailly-Baillère, 1864. First separate edition. 12mo., 35 pp., mounted photo plate frontispiece. Illustrated paper wrappers. Creased, occasional staining, else very good. Housed in a newly made morocco and cloth clamshell box. Blanquart-Evrard was a prolific inventor of photographic process and notable publisher of outstanding..... More
Paris: Leiber; Leipzig: Jung-Treuttel; Madrid: C. Bailly-Baillère, 1864. First separate edition. 12mo., 35 pp., mounted albumen photo frontispiece. Illustrated paper wrappers. The wrappers have light chipping to the spine and lower front tip, with light toning at the edges. A very good copy housed in a newly made cloth and..... More