(Photoglob). - La vie et les paysages en Egypte. Études en héliotypies tirées d'après nature. I. La basse Egypte; II. La haute Egypte. [TWO VOLUMES. WITH 60 SINGLE-SHEET COLLOTYPES].

Zürich, Photoglob; Schroeder, Ca. 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Oblong royal quarto. Two portfolios with a total of 60 single-sheet tinted collotype prints, 30 prints to each portfolio, each captioned at bottom and mounted on a leaf of heavy paper. Text section bound separately in original wrappers. Cloth portfolios uniformly charmingly illustrated. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare complete set of 2 volumes with all 60 wonderful collotypes (also called heliotypes). Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. FTV .

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