RAINER FABIAN; HANS-CHRISTIAN ADAM
MASTERS OF EARLY TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY
New York, Vendome Press. 1983. (ISBN: 0865650349) Hardcover, Foilio,(31cm). Book, green cloth, dust jacket, 352 pages : illustrations (some color), top edge of d.j is stressed with small closed tear near fore corner of front panel, else a very good copy. Translation of: Fru¨he Reisen mit der Kamera, CONTENTS: The birth of photography: Niepce, Daguerre, and Talbot -- Egypt: lion-hearted journeys to the temples of the Nile: Francis Frith and Maxime du Camp -- Greenland: a cheerful outing among the icebergs: Dunmore and Critcherson -- Japan: photographing the "Gate to the Sun": Kusakabe Kimbei, Felice Beato, and Baron Stillfried -- Brazil: Imperial photographer of the Amazon: Dom Pedro II and Marc Ferrez -- India: the "brave photographic warriors" of the British Empire: Samuel Bourne and Deen Dayal -- China: an ancient culture caught forever: John Thomson - The American West: pioneering with colt and camera: William H. Jackson, Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge -- The world in color: record it while it lasts: Albert Kahn and Burton Holmes -- Biographies. Very Good/Good.
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