Paris: Baschet et Cie, 13, Rue Saint-Georges, 1945. Quarter-Cloth. First Edition of the most sought after and rarest of L'Illustration's great albums, a landmark work describing in exhaustive detail photography's early development. Text in French. Royal 8vo (375 x 280mm): [8],451,[5]pp, profusely illustrated with hundreds of monochrome and color plates..... more