Rene Burri - Les Allemands (FIRST BOOK) - 1963

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Rene Burri’s hardback first French edition Les Allemands (FIRST BOOK), published in 1963 by Robert Delpire, Paris, is a 166‑page photography book in French with texts by Jean Baudrillard and features Burri’s photographs from post‑war Germany in very good condition.

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SCARCE FIRST FRENCH EDITION of the VERY FIRST BOOK by famous Magnum photographer René Burri:
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook, vol 1, page 218.

Published in France only one year (1963) after the first German edition by Fretz and Wasmuth in 1962 in the same amount and order of photos selected.
Published by great French publisher Robert Delpire in the same format and style Delpire choosed for the legendary first printing of 'The Americans' by Robert Frank five years before ('Les Americains', 1958).

A PHOTOBOOK CLASSIC.
VERY IMPORTANT PHOTO SERIES AND PHOTOBOOK about Germany after the second world war.

This is the LAST EXCLUSIVE BEST-OF-PHOTOBOOKS AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com, Cologne, Germany -
STARTING THIS YEAR.

5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% transport protection, 100% transport insurance and of course combined shipping - worldwide.

Robert Delpire, Paris. 1963. First French edition, first printing.

Hardback with publishers printed paper. 215 x 190 mm. 166 pages. Photos: René Burri. Texts: Jean Baudrillard. Text in French.

Condition:
Inside fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing. Inside and outside quite well preserved, with trace of use, but with no remarkable defects. Overall fine condition.

Important first book by photography and Magnum legend René Burri.

René Burri (1933-2014) was a Swiss photographer who studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich from 1949 to 1953, where he worked under Hans Finsler. Burri was a member of Magnum Photos and photographed major political, historical and cultural events and key figures of the second half of the 20th century. He made portraits of Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso as well as iconic pictures of São Paulo and Brasília.

Seller's Story

welcome to 5h30. 5Uhr30 is based in ehrenfeld, the trendiest neighborhood in cologne - with a shop and with a showroom for photography. 5H30 offers very rare, very beautiful, very special photobooks - sold-out, modern-antiquarian and antiquarian. we are also offering photo invitation cards, film and photo posters, photo catalogs and original photo prints. 5Uhr30 is specialized on german photo publications, but also has an exciting range of photo books from all over europe, japan, north and south america. travel brochures, children's books, company brochures...everything that has to do with photography in the narrower or broader sense inspires us. please visit us if you are in cologne or the surrounding area. You will not regret it! :) 5:30 am always tries to offer the best condition. 5h30 is shipping worldwide, fast and safe - with 100% protection, with full insurance and with tracking number. please contact us by email, if you have any questions or if you are looking for something special, cause only a part of our offers are online. Thanks for your interest. ecki heuser and team
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SCARCE FIRST FRENCH EDITION of the VERY FIRST BOOK by famous Magnum photographer René Burri:
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook, vol 1, page 218.

Published in France only one year (1963) after the first German edition by Fretz and Wasmuth in 1962 in the same amount and order of photos selected.
Published by great French publisher Robert Delpire in the same format and style Delpire choosed for the legendary first printing of 'The Americans' by Robert Frank five years before ('Les Americains', 1958).

A PHOTOBOOK CLASSIC.
VERY IMPORTANT PHOTO SERIES AND PHOTOBOOK about Germany after the second world war.

This is the LAST EXCLUSIVE BEST-OF-PHOTOBOOKS AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com, Cologne, Germany -
STARTING THIS YEAR.

5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% transport protection, 100% transport insurance and of course combined shipping - worldwide.

Robert Delpire, Paris. 1963. First French edition, first printing.

Hardback with publishers printed paper. 215 x 190 mm. 166 pages. Photos: René Burri. Texts: Jean Baudrillard. Text in French.

Condition:
Inside fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing. Inside and outside quite well preserved, with trace of use, but with no remarkable defects. Overall fine condition.

Important first book by photography and Magnum legend René Burri.

René Burri (1933-2014) was a Swiss photographer who studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich from 1949 to 1953, where he worked under Hans Finsler. Burri was a member of Magnum Photos and photographed major political, historical and cultural events and key figures of the second half of the 20th century. He made portraits of Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso as well as iconic pictures of São Paulo and Brasília.

Seller's Story

welcome to 5h30. 5Uhr30 is based in ehrenfeld, the trendiest neighborhood in cologne - with a shop and with a showroom for photography. 5H30 offers very rare, very beautiful, very special photobooks - sold-out, modern-antiquarian and antiquarian. we are also offering photo invitation cards, film and photo posters, photo catalogs and original photo prints. 5Uhr30 is specialized on german photo publications, but also has an exciting range of photo books from all over europe, japan, north and south america. travel brochures, children's books, company brochures...everything that has to do with photography in the narrower or broader sense inspires us. please visit us if you are in cologne or the surrounding area. You will not regret it! :) 5:30 am always tries to offer the best condition. 5h30 is shipping worldwide, fast and safe - with 100% protection, with full insurance and with tracking number. please contact us by email, if you have any questions or if you are looking for something special, cause only a part of our offers are online. Thanks for your interest. ecki heuser and team
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Number of Books
1
Subject
Art, Photography
Book Title
Les Allemands (FIRST BOOK)
Author/ Illustrator
Rene Burri
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1963
Height
190 mm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
215 mm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Robert Delpire, Paris
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
166
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