La Lumière. Revue de la photographie. 1855 Fifth year (compl - Lot 52

La Lumière. Revue de la photographie. 1855 Fifth year (complete). 1856 - Sixth year: January 5 to November 8. In-folio, black half-chagrin, wear from use. La Lumière, a weekly periodical devoted to photography and arguably the world's first periodical on the subject. Created in 1851 by the Société héliographique at the time of the advent of the calotype, La Lumière is an essential source for understanding the aesthetic issues that accompanied the invention and promotion of photography. Written by its main supporters at a time when photography had yet to achieve the status of a work of art, and conceived as a veritable militant magazine, it bears witness to the development of aesthetic thinking around photography. This volume includes illustrations by : Charles Négre, heliographic engraving reproduced by paniconography "Portail de Saint-Trophime" (page 67); Louis Blanquart Evrard, "Moulin de la Flandre pris dans les environs de Lille" July 1855, salted paper print (page 115); Henri Le Secq, L'Ange qui porte un cadran solaire, lithophotographie mise en relief par le procédé de M. Dumont (page 191), Atelier Lerebours, Bareswill et Davanne.