Maurice Loewy Sold at Auction Prices

MAURICE LOEWY (1833-1907) PIERRE-HENRI PUISEUX (1855-1928) Atlas photographie de la lune, 1910 Ensemble rare de 27 héliogravures et 14 calques issus du grand atlas photographique de la Lune qui fût la première carte photographique d...

MAURICE LOEWY (1833-1907) PIERRE-HENRI PUISEUX (1855-1928) Atlas photographie de la lune, 1910 Ensemble rare de 27 héliogravures et 14 calques issus du grand atlas photographique de la Lune qui fût la première carte photographique de l'astre réalisé avec autant de précision. Imp.Fillon & Heuse Zeldzame set van 27 heliogravures en 14 tracings uit de grote fotografische atlas van de Maan, die de eerste fotografische kaart van het hemellichaam was die zo nauwkeurig werd geproduceerd. Imp.Fillon & Heuse Rare set of 27 heliogravures and 14 tracings from the large photographic atlas of the Moon, which was the first photographic map of the celestial body to be produced with such precision. Imp.Fillon & Heuse 80 x 60 cm each

Lunar photo from Loewy & Puiseux plate VIII

Heading: Author: Loewy, Maurice and Pierre Henri Puiseux Title: Photographie Lunaire: Capuanus - Bouillaud - Gassendi Place Published: Paris Publisher:Fillon & Heuse Date Published: Image: 1896; printed 1896-1900 Description: Photogravure. Image: 57x47.5 cm (22¾x18½"); sheet: 77x56.5 cm (30½x22¼"). Plate VIII from Atlas Photographique de la Lune.Plate from Loewy and Puiseux's monumental atlas of lunar imagery which remained the gold standard of photography of the moon for nearly a century.

Lunar photo from Loewy & Puiseux plate III

Heading: Author: Loewy, Maurice and Pierre Henri Puiseux Title: Photographie Lunaire: Arzachel - Alphonse - Ptolémée Place Published: Paris Publisher:Fillon & Heuse Date Published: Image: 1895; printed 1896-1900 Description: Photogravure. Image: 57.5x48 cm (22¾x18¾"); sheet: 77x56.5 cm (30½x22¼"). Plate III from Atlas Photographique de la Lune.Plate from Loewy and Puiseux's monumental atlas of lunar imagery which remained the gold standard of photography of the moon for nearly a century.

Maurice Loewy & Pierre Puiseux (XIX-XX)

Maurice Loewy & Pierre Puiseux (XIX-XX) Maurice Loewy & Pierre Puiseux (XIX-XX) PHOTOGRAPHIE LUNAIRE, GEBER - ALBATEGNIUS - DELAMBRE, 1894. Photogravure, image size, 565 x 470mm, paper size, 810 x 600mm. Printed title and date lower margin recto.

Maurice LOEWY et Pierre PUISEUX 1833 - 1907 et 1855 - 1928 Atlas photographique de la lune - 1894 -1895Mer des crises - Mont Taurus...

Maurice LOEWY et Pierre PUISEUX 1833 - 1907 et 1855 - 1928 Atlas photographique de la lune - 1894 -1895 Mer des crises - Mont Taurus - Corne boréale, planche XXIX Héliogravure accompagnée de la page de titre de l'Atlas, comportant elle-même une illustration héliogravée; couverture et serpente lacunaire; déchirure importante Dimensions (image) : 57,50 x 47,50 cm (22 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.) Dimensions (planche) : 74 x 56,50 cm (29 x 22 1/4 in.) Provenance : Collection Robert William Burke, Paris Commentaire : Photogravure, along with a title page illustrated with a smaller photogravure, cover and serpente partially missing Estimation 600 - 800 €

Maurice Loewy and Pierre Puiseux (Maurice 1833-1907, Pierre 1855-1928) The Moon (from the L’Atlas photographique de la lune)

photogravure executed in 1903

M. Loewy and P.H. Puiseux, "Photographie Lunaire"

Maurice Loewy and Pierre Henri Puiseux (French, 1833-1907 and 1855-1928 Respectively), "Photographie Lunaire...", 1897, the plate from Atlas Photographie de la Lune, 1896-1910, printed Loewy et Puiseux/Observatoire de Paris, titled and dated in plate, sight 26-1/2" x 20-1/4". Glazed, matted and framed.

MAURICE LOEWY (1833-1907) and PIERRE PUISEUX (1855-1928) Atlas Lunaire. Brussels: Société Belge d'Astronomie, 1899 [-c.1910]. Small 2° (290 x 240mm). 71 half-tone prints after Loewy and Puiseux, each with printed tissue overlays; ?extra-illustrated with 3 smaller photogravures by Fillon & Heuse after the same; and extra illustrated with a map of the lunar craters from a later work. (Some headlines shaved by the binder, a few plates lightly creased, occasional light wear or light soiling.) Later half-cloth preserving the original printed wrappers from one part (boards bowed). THE RARE REDUCED-FORMAT EDITION, REPRODUCING ALL OF LOEWY AND PUISEUX'S FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHS at a more portable 2/5 scale, and issued in parts at roughly the same time as the first edition of 1896-1910. Loewy and Puiseux's was the first large-scale atlas of the moon, and 'the ultimate achievement of nineteenth-century astronomical photography' (The Photobook). It was only in the 1970s that images substantially better than those of Loewy and Puiseux were obtained. Because perfect weather conditions were needed, the project took 14 years to complete. During this period only 50 or 60 nights per year exhibited the ideal weather conditions, and from those nights only 4 or 5 usable negatives would be produced. RARE: ABPC and AE record no copy at auction; copies catalogued on WorldCat appear mainly incomplete, with between 35 and 53 plates only. Like the large-format edition, this edition comprises 71 plates, but this example is without text, perhaps as issued. Cf. The Photobook I, pp.54-5 (first edition).