Author: (de Meyer, Baron Adolf).
Title: De Meyer. Edited by Robert Brandau. With a Biographical Essay by Philippe Jullian.
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. 1976. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. 1976. Very good. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 9-7/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black boards with the title stamped in blind on the front cover and in gilt on the spine. The book is housed in its sienna-toned pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed and there is a short serrated tear to the top edge of the dust jacket's front panel. 50 numbered pages with 10 full-page photographic illustrations, plus 51 plates and [4] pages of notes and credits. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First edition. Edited by Robert Brandau. With a Biographical Essay by Philippe Julian. It was in the 1920's that Baron Adolf de Meyer influenced the development of a new genre of photography. His portraits captured the "beauty and elegance" of the period and set the stage for fashion photography. Very good .

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATIONS; PORTRAITS; FASHION; BEAUTY; ELEGANCE; BARON ADOLF DE MEYER; 1ST EDITION; PHOTOGRAPHS; PLATES; ROBERT BRANDAU; PHILIPPE JULLIAN; FIRST EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; DEMEYER.


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