ROITER Fulvio / JACQUET Pierre - OMBRIE TERRE DE SAINT FRANCOIS (1955)

A beautiful album of full-page photographs by Fulvio Roiter in heliogravure on the life of Saint Francis and the Umbria region in the 1950s. Fulvio Roiter (1926-2016) was an Italian photographer; beginning as a chemist, he committed himself to photography in 1947, documenting various cities in stunning series of black-and-white photographs. During his career, Roiter published about one hundred photography books, including "Ombrie, Terre de saint Francois", which won the second edition of the Prix Nadar, a prestigious annual prize awarded for photography books in France. Text and adaptation by Pierre Jacquet.

Edition was never for sale, reserved for members of the Book Guild.

Published by: Lausanne, La Guilde du livre
Publication Date: 1955
Pages: 110
Edition: 1st Edition, Numberd #5102
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Very Good (Pages are slightly Age Tanned and there is a notation "305" written on the top of 1st page)