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Germany] - La Forêt Noire, études, impressions & voyages sur les bords du Rhin . Paris, Librairie du Petit Journal, 1866, 4to, orig. quarter leather, gilt embossed covers and spine (corners, joints, head and tail sl. rubbed), a.e.g., [4]-120-[1-1 bl.] pp. (some min. spotting and browing on upper margin). Nice copy.
First and limited ed . One of 210 numb. and signed copies (n. 204). Complete with 21 high-quality original albumen prints , 10,5 x 8 cm, mounted on 19 plates. The photographs show picturesque scenes with people from several regions around Baden-Baden in traditional costumes and dress, giving an authentic picture of the life of the population in the Black Forest, even though several pictures are posed shots.