Lizerolles - Dufrénoy - Devriès - In The Intimacy Of Illustrious Figures 1845-1950. 1951.

[PHOTOGRAPHY] - LIZEROLLES - DUFRÉNOY - DEVRIÈS (Pierre-Marie, Jules-Édouard, Maurice) - In the Intimacy of Illustrious Figures 1845-1950 (Album of Photographs). Paris, MD, 1951; 12 oblong quarto booklets, 144 pp., 12 booklets in embossed paper covers tied with a burgundy ribbon, slipcase. Reproduction from the 1950s of a photographic collection begun in 1845 by Pierre-Marie Lizerolles, later completed by Jules-Édouard Dufrénoy, then by Maurice Devriès. The MD publishing house specialized in facsimiles; when you turn the pages, you get a real impression of handwriting with photographs pasted in by the owner of the booklets… This facsimile shows the most important figures from a 100-year period of French history, beginning with Daguerre and Niepce, and continuing with Louis-Philippe, Guizot, Joinville, Balzac, Sand, Belioz, Proudhon, Michelet, Sainte-Beuve, Hugo, Napoleon III, Eugénie, Lesseps, Verlaine, etc. A complete copy in good condition.