Author: Guichard, Ami
Title: Boyhood Photos of J. -H. Lartique: The Family Album of a Gilded Age
Description: Lausanne, Switzerland, Ami Guichard, Publisher, 1966. Hardcover. Maroon cloth/oblong boards. Art Nouveau gilt decoration and lettering; oval sepia photo tipped on. 127 heavy, grey photo album-style pages with duotone photos throughout, interspersed with text. Made to look like a period photo album of family photos. With an introduction and text that continues at intervals throughout the album. Each photo is annotated by Lartique. Ami Guichard himself is a photographer, and Lartique's son a painter/naturalist. A wonderful, often humorous look at another era, when photography was a real art. Much better than selfies!. VG (Light edgewear/scratching to boards) .

Keywords: Photography; Lartique; Guichard ; Lartique, J.H. ; ;


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