The Acropolis of Athens, Illustrated Picturesquely and Architecturally in Photography

by William J. Stillman

$27,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

The best 19th-century photographs of the Acropolis, only 100 copies were printed. This collection of photographs is by William J. Stillman. His publication The Acropolis of Athens may be considered a precursor of the twentieth-century modernist photobook in that self-expression is deemed as important as making a record. Stillman's title determines the book's tone -- the Acropolis is 'illustrated picturesquely and architecturally in photography', with the artistic side of

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