New Orleans 1867, by Gary Van Zante and Gary A. Van Zante First Edition
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New Orleans 1867 compiles 126 photographs from Theodore Lilienthal’s 1867 series La Nouvelle Orleans et ses environs, the first municipally sponsored photographic survey of an American city. Documenting New Orleans' topography—from mansions and churches to factories and asylums—the portfolio was shown at the 1867 Paris World Exposition and presented to Emperor Napoleon III. Gary A. Van Zante contextualizes Lilienthal’s work within nineteenth-century commercial photography, antebellum citybuilding, and postwar reconstruction. The book offers extensive historical, biographical, and bibliographic insights alongside vivid photographic reproductions.
First edition / printing. Jacket present with very minimal shelfwear.
Merrell
Hardcover
ISBN: 1858942101
First Edition
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New Orleans 1867 compiles 126 photographs from Theodore Lilienthal’s 1867 series La Nouvelle Orleans et ses environs, the first municipally sponsored photographic survey of an American city. Documenting New Orleans' topography—from mansions and churches to factories and asylums—the portfolio was shown at the 1867 Paris World Exposition and presented to Emperor Napoleon III. Gary A. Van Zante contextualizes Lilienthal’s work within nineteenth-century commercial photography, antebellum citybuilding, and postwar reconstruction. The book offers extensive historical, biographical, and bibliographic insights alongside vivid photographic reproductions.
First edition / printing. Jacket present with very minimal shelfwear.
Merrell
Hardcover
ISBN: 1858942101
First Edition
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