Paris photographe N°5 de la 3ème année

First edition of this extremely rare scholarly review founded and edited by Paul Nadar.
Each issue contains at least two plates including a plate of photographic prints by Nadar and a photograph often reproduced in heliogravure.
Contributions by P. Nadar, A. and L. Lumière, A. Marey, G. Geffroy, J. Grand-Carteret, J. Demarçay, Davison, S. Ferrand, H. Fourtier, C. Gravier, A. Guerronnan, Ponton d'Amécourt, H. Reeb, L. Vidal, J. Waterhouse... "Nous pensons faire oeuvre de progrès en intéressant encore davantage le public à cette découverte toute française de la Photographie..." ["We believe we are advancing progress by further interesting the public in this entirely French discovery of Photography..."]. Thus Paul Nadar concluded his introduction as a presentation of this precious review, containing a print by the celebrated photographer in each issue. At the origin of the creation of Paris-photographe, P. Nadar explains the absence of a luxurious photography review in France, unlike the magnificent foreign publications.
Small marginal tears at foot of first cover, otherwise a fine copy.
Of exceptional rarity.