Description: “Portfolio-Photo-Couleurs”: Les Champs de Bataille de Verdun; Photographies Directes en Couleurs (Fac-similes sans retouches de plaques autochromes); Texte et Illustrations de Gervais-Courtellemont, L’Edition Francaise Illustree, Paris, 1917, 64pp, 3/4 leather, 12.5 x 9.5”, 4to Fair condition. Wear and scuffing to front and rear boards. Tips are bumped with exposed boards. Title in gilt on front board and spine. Front board is decorated with photo by the author. Cracking and scuffing to spine. Patterned endpapers. Hinges are cracked. Tear at bottom fore edge of 13/14; does not affect readability of text. At least one photo has been cut out on pp. 19, 27, and 39 so a portion of text on the backs of these pages is missing. Toning, age-staining, and finger-staining throughout textblock. Binding intact. Please see photos. Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863-1931) was a French photographer who was famous for taking color autochromes during World War I. The item in this listing, Les champs de bataille de Verdun, was originally a four-part series based on his lectures about the Battle of Verdun. This and his other work, Les champs de bataille de la Marne, were the first books ever published in color on war. After the war, Courtellemont eventually became a photographer for National Geographic. FORN-TUB-0030-BB-0424-JC596
Price: 150 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2025-01-27T21:25:31.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: 3/4 leather
Language: French
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Gervais-Courtellemont
Topic: Photography
Subject: Art & Photography
Original/Facsimile: Original
