Estimate: € 4.000–5.000

First edition, first printing, with the very scarce original dust jacket, 30 x 25,2 cm (12.5 x 10 in) 148 pages, hardback with full green cloth and original jacket, 120 black and white photographs in excellent photogravure printing, introduction by Karl Nierendorf.

A classic, a milestone in the history of photobooks, one of the most influential photographic books.

LITERATURE Martin Parr, The Photobook Vol. 1, p. 96; Andrew Roth, The Book of 101 Books, p. 48; The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, p. 66-67.

Start price: €2.400