When I Was a Photographer
by Nadar, Felix; Cadava, Eduardo, and Theodoratou, Liana (Translated by)
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780262029452
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2015. Pictorial boards, lv, 274 pages; 21 cm. Translation of: Quand j'etais photographe. Tight, clean copy. A fine copy of the first printing. "The first complete English translation of Nadar's intelligent and witty memoir, a series of vignettes that capture his experiences in the early days of photography." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Balzac and the daguerreotype; Gazebon avenged; The blind princess; Homicidal photography; The first attempt at aerostatic photography; Subterranean Paris; Female and male clients; The professional secret; Doctor van Monckhoven; Obsidional photography; The primitives of photography; The new president of the French Society of Photography; The bee tamer; 1830 and thereabouts. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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- Title
- When I Was a Photographer
- Author
- Nadar, Felix; Cadava, Eduardo, and Theodoratou, Liana (Translated by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0262029456
- ISBN 13
- 9780262029452
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Photography / Individual Photographer; European / 7. Late 19th Century; European / French;
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