Btp transmission 28 2015

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1943 catalogue on Photography

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transmission 26 contents : selection of books and photographs dr Weil’s catalogue on photography, winter 1943

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The e-bulletin presents books, albums, photographs and ancient documents as they have been transmitted to us by their creators and by amateurs from past generations.

The physical descriptions, attributions, origins, place and date of printing of books and photographs have been carefully ascertained by collations and comparisons with other prints or comparable samples (from our picture library).

The books and photographs from all around the world are presented in chronological order. It is the privilege of ancient and authentic things to be presented in this fashion, mirroring the flow of ideas and creations.

All the items presented are available at the time of transmission.

The prices are denominated in euro. Paypal is accepted. Priority is given to the first outright purchase, confirmed by email to

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Serge Plantureux Rhinoceros & Cie Studios Robespierre 71 rue Robespierre 93100 Montreuil

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aram alban (1883-1961) madeleine mancini’s case, paris, nov. 1934 Vintage silver print, 230x175 mm, signed, stamped: “Alban photographe, 233 Fg St-Honoré”, date stamp: Novembre 1934. In 1934, a debate brought attention to the Corsican Madelein Mancini, who was in jail for already five years after dividing th life of Corsican Bandit Nonce Romanetti. € 400

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reine briac (1898-apr. 1964) le chat perché. hommage à marcel aymé, 1938 Vintage silver print, 235x175 mm, captioned label : “Chat et veau, près de Jouy”. La première édition des Contes du Chat Perché illustré par Nathan Altman date de 1934. € 400

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nicholas svishtov-paola (1874-1964) slaughtered idols, ussr, 1930s Vintage silver print, 100x155 mm, initialed in cyrillic.

A curious detail photographed for an artist. Who is down to the ground ? Provenance : the official sovietic sculptor Sergey Dmitrievich Merkurov’s documentation. ₏ 300

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a. lebrun, agence trampus trompette basse, paris, c. 1941 Vintage silver print, 115x80 mm, stamped : “Agence Trampus, rue du Bouloi” .

€ 250

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[talbot, cameron, baldus, stirling & alii] ernst moses Weil (1891-1965) catalogue 4. scientific centenaries in 1943 and 1944, london, winter 1943 Brochure n-8, 36 pp, 269 notices, illustrated wrappers.

Dr Weil studied History of Art in Munich with Heinrich Wolfflin (1864-1945) and Paul Frankl (1878-1962). His doctoral thesis (1922) dealt with the 15th century Ulm woodcuts. After his studies he opened together with Hans Werner Taeuber in Munich, Karolinenplatz, the Antiquarian Taeuber / Weil, which specialized in early medical and scientific literature. A native of Switzerland, Taeuber joined the NSDAP, and Weil joined the 1933 emigration to London, with half of the antiquarian books inventory.

Dr Weil knew London where he had worked as a bank clerk in 1913-14 at the request of his father. He got a job at the renowned antiquarian EP Goldschmidt and opened in 1943 his own successful bookshop. Even during the war, he kept contacts with the European Antiquarian scene. Transactions were made in Paris or on the international train station in Basel. Dr Weil never returned to Germany.

This very rare catalogue n°4 is partly dedicated to the invention of photography, and contains key items by Talbot, Claudet, Cameron, Baldus or Stirling on Spain. It has been reprinted by Mauricio Martino (see notices reproductions at the end of this BTP). ₏ 150

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attr. to joly moner, 1823 Vintage silver print, 435x320 mm, captioned : “Leon del.” ( Könidruck).

€ 100

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eutachy KossaKoWsKi (1925-2001) bird, Warsaw, 1970s Vintage silver print, 176x127 mm, Photographer's label on verso.

â‚Ź 250

Dr Weil’s catalogue on Photography, winter 1943

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