[Nadar] Gaspard-Félix Tournachon,

[Nadar] Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, "Nadar". (1820-1910)

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Quand J’Etais Photographe - INSCRIBED

Paris: Flammarion. First edition. 8vo (5 x 7.5 inches), 312 pages. Original printed wrappers, bound into period marble boards, leather title plate to spine. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page, in French (translated): “To my friend Chevalier, from Nadar. Marseille, January the 1st, 1900.” Light uniform toning throughout, scattered light wear and rubbing to boards, otherwise fine.

A rare signed copy of the autobiography of the influential French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist. Nadar remains a crucial figure in the history of photography for having created a type of modern portrait based on the direct psychological approach to his subject and for his pioneering technical feats and championing of the medium. (6223)

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