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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 250141

Belgian photographic literature of the 19th century
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126550
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127217
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320128391
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320128526
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330133863
abstract: The development of photography from its roots in 19th-century science gradually transformed book illustration and the dissemination of images. This reference work presents a first comprehensive overview of Belgian photographic literature of the 19th century, both illustrated books and scientific publications. It makes a major contribution to academic study in the field, with a corpus composed of 681 entries and, for each title, indicates locations of surviving copies in institutional collections in Belgium and elsewhere. An introductory essay plots the development of photographic publishing in Belgium, making full use of primary and secondary sources. An album of over eighty images draws on the rich iconography of early Belgian photographic literature, most reprinted here for the first time.
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31057610
language: eng
language: fre
temporal coverage: 1800-1900
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301250141
type: CreativeWork