1860 kahn (3 risultati)

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Man's Mission on Earth: a Contribution to the Science of Eugenics: a Short Treatise on the Genito-urinary Organs of the Male in Health and Dis. Book.

PF. Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Paperback. Large 8vos. (24 x 21 cm / 24 x 17 cm). In French and Turkish. 2 books set: (106 p., color photos, map; [4], 63, [1] p., Turkish texts). Turquie, 1912-1923: Autochromes Collections Albert Kahn. Department des Hautes -de-Seine Ambassade de France en Turquie, Mai-Octobre 1980.= Türkiye, 1912-1923: Albert Kahn Koleksiyonu özrenkli fotograflar. Prefeca by Jeanne Beausoleil, Enver Ziya Karal. Traduit par Reemide Devrim. 2 books set. Exhibition held in French Embassy in Ankara, 1980 including the photographs of the last period Ottoman Empire and early Republican Turkey from the collection of Albert Kahn. Kahn, (1860-1940), was a French banker and philanthropist, known for initiating The Archives of the Planet, a vast photographical project. Spanning 22 years, it resulted in a collection of 72,000 colour photographs and 183,000 metres of film. In 1909, Kahn travelled with his chauffeur and photographer, Alfred Dutertre, to Japan on business and returned with many photographs of the journey. This prompted him to begin a project collecting a photographic record of the entire Earth. He appointed Jean Brunhes as the project director, and sent photographers to every continent to record images of the planet using the first practical medium for colour photography, Autochrome plates, and early cinematography. Between 1909 and 1931 they collected 72,000 colour photographs and 183,000 meters of film. These form a unique historical record of 50 countries, known as The Archives of the Planet. …