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CONTENT:
This is a photographic monograph of IRAN containing:
• 172 large sepia photographic photo-gravures +
• 24 pages containing: map, alphabetical
index, foreword and also a special section at the end with a extended
description/story of each photograph
Year / Publishing House: 1937 / OrbisTerrarium
Author / Photographer: Axel von Graefe
Language:German; captions in 5 languages: Iranian (Persian), English, German, French
Large Size: 12 ¼” x 9 ½” [ 31 x 24 cm ]
Condition: linen hardcover good contion, photogravure plates in excellent condition
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DESCRIPTION:
This is a rare document of Iranian life and people, 100 years ago. Antiquarian photogravure book, published in
1937, a photographic monograph of IRAN showing: landscape, cities, villages, mosques, tombs and ancient places of Persia in the 1930s, culture, architecture, people, everyday life, landscapes, also political realities of the time. The photogravures were produced from the photographs
taken by the German photographer Axel von Graefe. With a foreword by the Reich (German) Minister of Foreign Affairs. Portrait of the Persian Monarch (The Shah of Iran)) SKM Reza Schah Pahlavi
Teheran - Meidan Sepah - Tochal - Mount Damavand - Shah Abdol Azim - Rey (Rhagae) - Keredj Valley - Chalus Highway - Alborz Mountains - Ramsar - Lahijan - Gilan - Mazanderan - Aschraf - Caspian Sea - Pahlavi - Bender Shah - Talar Valley - Varsak - Pass of Gadook - Firouz Kuh - Soltaneveh - Azerbaijan - Tabriz - Lake Rezaeyeh (Lake Urmiah) - Hamadan (Ekbatana) - Alvand - Bisotoon - Tagh Bostan - River Diz - Saleh Abad - Khouzestan - River Caroon - Dezful - Susa (Shush) - Shushtar - Abadan - Shat-el-Arab - Ahwas - Bandar Shahpour - Bushehr - Dokhtar Pass - Shapour - Shiraz - Persepolis - Nagsch-e Rostem - Pasargadae - Yezdikhast - Isfahan - River Zenderud - Nain - Oasis Golchan - Yazd - Desert Lut - Desert Namak - Scharud - Harounieh - Tus - Nishapur - Ghadam Gah - Meshed .... and many others Photo-Gravure / Printing Technique Specifications: • A photo-gravure is a photographic image produced from an
engraving plate. The process is rarely used today due to the costs
involved, but it produces prints which have the subtlety of a
photograph and the art quality of a lithograph.
• In essence, the production of a photo-gravure consists of three
steps: taking the picture, producing a printing plate of the image
and printing the image on paper. Glass photographic positives are
transferred onto copper plates and from the copper plates to the
paper.
• A photo-gravure looks like a photograph but is a series of
connected lines, rather than unconnected dots as in a printed
photograph. It is still the most accurate technique for capturing
all the details. The rich ink and paper used for this album's
photogravures, besides the technique, are definitive elements in
the production of these wonderful photographic plates.
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