Ausstellungskatalog zur Ausstellung „Duchenne de Boulogne, la mécanique des passions“, Paris, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, 26.01.-04.041999.
Contemporary red canvas volume with gilt-stamped cover and spine
ill.
Buch
First edition. Important document showing the use of photography to illustrate Duchenne's theories on mimic und physiognomy. The frontispiece shows Dr. Duchenne with a patient (1 albumen print, 17,5 x 11,9 cm). With 9 plates each with 1 tableau of 16 physiognomic studies (albumen prints, ca. 13,5 x 11 cm), 11 plates with electro-experiments on a patient (albumen prints, ca. 12 x 9,5 cm). Mounted to card with printed information of experiments and printed name of Duchenne in lower right below the images (Cat. 87. Auktion Bassenge Berlin lot. 4033, 26.04.2006). - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 10.1999.
red cloth boards with gilt titles, no dustjacket (as issued)
Buch
Text engl. - 96 single-sided pages of text and 96 b/w photographs on plates. A fascinating collection of Victorian photographs recording Parliamentary scenes and personalities.
Ausstellungskatalog, Collections Albert Kahn, Département des Hauts-de-Seine, Boulogne-sur-Mer anläßlich des Mois de la Photo; Paris, Musée Carnavalet, 19.10.-21.11.1982.
Text fr. - Reprint of the 1860 ed. of La photographie au Salon de 1859 published by Hachette, Paris, combined in one volume with reprint of La photographie and Le stéréoscope, excerpted from the 1869 ed. of Les merveilles de la science published by Furne, Jouvet, Paris.