Paul Claudel - Collectif,Biblio.com
Paul ClaudelBiblio.com
Chine
1946950F3Geneva: Albert Skira 1946 . First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed/Good Only. 14.5" by 11". Hélène Hoppenot. The first edition of this beautiful volume displaying the photographs of China captured by Helene Hoppenot when sent there alongside her husband a diplomat. In the original French.The first edition of this work retaining the original glassine.Featuring an essay on China and on Hoppenot's work by Paul Claudel.Illustrated with eighty full page monochrome reproduction of the photographs of China taken by Helene Hoppenot in the 1930s and 1940s on her Rolleiflex.Hoppenot's photographs reveal many aspects of life in China at the time from images of bustling streets and crowded markets to ancient temples and sweeping landscapes. In the publisher's original paper wraps and glassine. Externally bright with age toned areas to perimeters of front wrap and tail of rear wrap. Glassine significantly age toned to perimeters with losses to wrap heads tail of rear wrap and back strip. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed Albert Skira paperback
Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni90,00 £GB≈ 102,76 €
