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Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1933. 12 pp of text and captions, 62 pp. of full-page black and white photographs. Spiral bound, stiff wraps. Text is in French. Covers and endpapers are additional photographs. Spiral binding is complete and secure, unusual for such a fragile publication. Extremities are worn, covers are scuffed and creased. Front cover has 3/4" square of photo missing (paper only is missing, the underlying board of the cover is complete). Interior is very clean throughout and photographs are sharp and clear. Brassai was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century and this, his first book, was a landmark work. In it he captures both the luminosity and the eeriness of all corners of the city and lifestyles of Paris at night in the early 1930s. Scarce.. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Brassai. Small Quarto.
Paris de Nuit by BRASSAI and Paul Morand - 1933
by BRASSAI and Paul Morand
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Paris de Nuit
by BRASSAI and Paul Morand
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Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1933. First edition. Softcover. First printing. Text by Paul Morand in French. A collection of 62 full bleed photogravures that represent the height of printing and imagery of France at night. A likely unique copy that includes two examples of the front cover. A close to near fine copy in spiral binding with some of the usual minor rubbing and edge wear to the front and rear covers but with the second front cover much brighter and largely free of wear. Internally a clean copy. A very nice copy of one of the true high spots of 20th century photography books and on virtually every best of lists. (Parr & Badger v1, 134 , Roth 76).
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- Publisher Arts et Métiers Graphiques
- Place of Publication Paris
- Date Published 1933
- Keywords Photography
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Paris de Nuit
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Paris de Nuit
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Paris: Edition Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1933. Former owner's innocuous book plate, signature that reads "Brassai", but likely not in the photographer's hand, light edge creases to the bottom corners, gently handled with minor wear; a solid, very good copy lacking serious defects in photo-illustrated spiral-bound wrappers.. First Edition. Spiral bound quarto, sixty-four gravure plates. The best-known and most iconic of the great Paris photobooks, printed in a deep gravure so tactile it seems almost as if charcoal will rub off on the hands of the viewer. The cobblestone covers and endpapers are particularly evocative. (Parr / Badger, v1, 134; Roth 76-77).
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