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GERNSHEIM (Helmut & Alison)
The history of photography from the camera obscura to the beginning of the modern era. With 390 photographs and engravings.
New York, St. Louis, San Francisco, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969, 4 (29,5 x 21,5 cm), 599 pp. (plates included), original black cloth, gilt spine title, original illustrated dust wrapper.
Reference : 14214
A new revised and expanded edition of this classic reference work. Presentation copy, inscribed by H. Gernsheim and dated 1979. A tiny crack in the upper hinge otherwise a very good copy. There are joined 3 separatas on the history of photography written by H. Gernsheim, two (no 2 & no 3) are dedicated : 1) Cuthbert Bede (The Rev. Edward Bradley, 1827 - 1889), Robert Hunt F. R. S. (1807 - 1887), and Thomas Sutton (1819 - 1875). Extract from "Contributions to Photographic History. Essays in honour of Beaumont Newhall". University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 1975, pp. 60 - 67. 2) The 150th anniversary of Photography. Reprinted from "History of Photography an international quarterly", January 1977, pp. 3 - 8, 4 illustrations. 3) W. H. Fox Talbot and the history of photography. Extract from "Endeavour", Oxford, vol.1, no 1, May 1977.
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