Photographs

Flip book
Biofix flip book (or flicker book, flick book, folioscope, Daumenkino) of 3 gentlemen.
Size 60 x 42 mm. With metal clasp with the name Biofix on it. Ca. 1910. Extremely rare. ¶ Just before the World War I, the photo laboratory Biofix proposed to its customers an original flip book made in their shops with the pictures of those who wanted to. Biofix was a company in London, Paris, and Brussels. Each one is unique, although copies could be ordered afterwards, but that didn't happen in general.

Frizot, Michel
A New History of Photography
Konemann UK Ltd, 1998. 776pp, index, bibliography, illustrated throughout, much in colour. 41 chapters by numerous contributors. Hardback with dustwrapper. 31 x 24 cm.Some small damage along the edges of the dustwrapper. 9783829013284

Demmeni, Jean
Menangkabausche School in Midden-Soematra.. Indonesië.
Grootformaat foto. Opgeplakt op board. Formaat: 73 x 59 cm. Uit ca. 1912. ¶ Deze schoolplaat maakt deel uit van een collectie schoolplaten uit Nederlandsch Oost- en Westindië, in de jaren 1911-1913 uitgegeven door Kleynenberg & Co. te Haarlem. Het betreft nummer 133 uit de reeks. Jean Demmeni (Padang Panjang, Sumatra, 1866 1939) was een Frans/Indo-Europese fotograaf en topograaf. Hij is bekend van de schoolplaten-serie: Platen van Nederlandsch Oost- en West Indië en Suriname uitgegeven door…

Pauli, Lori & McElhone, John
19th Century British Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. 180 pages, illustrated. Paperback

Anonymous
Ferrotype photograph of a mother with two children.in original lacquered case for hanging. 1/8 th plate.
Case size: 9,7 x 7,3 cm. Tintype ferrotype. In a very rare hanging case. In good condition

Daguerre, Louis Jacq.. Mandé
Das Daguerreotyp und das Diorama, oder genaue und authentische Beschreibung meines Verfahrens und meiner Apparate zu Fixirung der Bilder der Camera obscura und der von mir bei dem Diorama angewendeten Art und Weise der Malerei und der Beleuchtung.
67 pp. Size: 20,5 x 23 cm), With two folding plates. Facsimile (Reprint) of the edition of 1839, Language: German. Limited edition, this is no. 115 of 150. In excellent condition ¶ Very rare edition. No other copy for sale on the internet. Worldcat shows only one library with this edition.

Valentine, James
Albumen print Scotland: "Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe"
Signed in the negative J.V. (James Valentine). ca. 1880. Mounted on board. Size of the photograph: 20,5 x 13,3 cm. Condition: very small chip on the left edge (hardly visible) else good, strong toning, some fading along the edges. ¶ James Valentine (1815-1879) was a Scottish photographer. Valentine's of Dundee produced Scottish topographical views from the 1860s, and later became internationally famous as the producers of picture postcards. The business Valentine & Sons Ltd was founded in…

Anonymous
Portrait of USA President Mc Kinley (1843-1901) hand coloured glass lantern slide.
Ca. 1901. Size: 10,2 x 8,2 cm. In good condition. ¶ William McKinley (January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States from March 4, 1897 until his assassination in September 1901, six months into his second term.

Martelhoff, Johannes Hendricus (1876-1959)
Panoramafoto Wereldtentoonstelling Parijs 1931
Prachtige panoramafoto van het tweede Nederlandse paviljoen op de Wereldtentoonstelling in Parijs van 1931. Afmetingen 27 x 125 cm. Johannes Hendricus Martelhoff (1876-1959), sinds 1902 als fotograaf in dienst bij de Stadsdrukkerij. Hij nam systematisch de fotografische registratie van stadsgezichten ter hand. Zijn aandeel betreft met name het Jordaankwartier. Martelhoff specialiseerde zich gaandeweg meer in de industriële fotografie, waar hij zich na 1924 volledig aan zou wijden. Van hem…