A CONCISE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Helmut & Alison Gernsheim

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ISBN 10: 0500180458 ISBN 13: 9780500180457

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1965

Language: English

Condition: Used - Very good Hardcover

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8vo 8" - 9" tall; B&W and color photographs; 314 pages; Signed by Not signed; Red hardcovers with gold lettering on spine. Spine is straight and binding secure. No ownership marks. Interior pages are clean and appear unmarked. Profusely illustrated with B&W and color photographs. Pages are very lightly aging. No dust jacket.

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Title: A CONCISE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, New York
Publication Date: 1965
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0500180458
ISBN 13: 9780500180457
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: Not 1st Edition.
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Finest one-volume account, including contributions of every major figure -- Niepce, Talbot, Daguerre, Herschel, Muybridge, Nadar, and many others. Topics include early photochemistry, daguerreotypes and calotypes, photography on the glass, gelatine dry plates, evolution of the camera, development of color photography, and other important topics. Second part of book focuses on content and aesthetics -- travel photography, cartes de visite, portrait and architectural photography, war reportage, and much more. Over 280 photos, including 26 in color.

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