Société française de photographie

La vie quotidienne à la cour de Versailles aux XVIIème et XVIIIème siècles ( Visual )
7 editions published between 1981 and 2003 in English and French and held by 279 libraries worldwide
Presents an overview of royal life at the courts of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI at the palace of Versailles in documentary sequences and dramatic readings from the memoirs of courtiers and members of the royal family.

Une Invention du XIXe siècle, expression et technique, la photographie : collections de la Société française de photographie : Paris, [12 juin-14 août] 1976, Bibliothèque nationale by Bibliothèque nationale (France) ( Book )
1 edition published in 1976 in French and held by 147 libraries worldwide

Before the alphabet ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1989 and 1993 in English and held by 110 libraries worldwide
Traces the development of writing, from the earliest Sumerian cuneiform examples and the almost parallel development of hieroglyphics in Egypt, through the evolution of different concepts and shapes to the development of a workable alphabet.

Phèdre ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1988 and 2005 in French and held by 88 libraries worldwide
According to Greek legend, Theseus returned from war on Crete to become a king of Athens and took Phèdre, the daughter of the vanquished King Minos, to be his wife. Phèdre fell in love with the king's son Hippolyte, but he did not return her love. Phèdre caused the king to be wrongly jealous of his son and prayed to Neptune to destroy him. Hippolye was killed by a sea monster and Phèdre killed herself in remorse.

Robert Demachy, photographe by Robert Demachy ( Book )
3 editions published in 1980 in French and held by 85 libraries worldwide

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1986 and 2003 in English and held by 82 libraries worldwide
Pianist Byron Janis reviews the life of composer Frédéric Chopin and performs some of his most famous works. Illustrates important places in Chopin's life and examines his relationship with novelist George Sand.

Photographic science: symposium, Paris 1965 by Congrès International de Science Photographique ( Book )
1 edition published in 1967 in English and held by 82 libraries worldwide

La Vie quotidienne des Parisiens au temps du Roi Soleil ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1986 in French and held by 71 libraries worldwide
"A multi-angled profile of Parisians and their Paris in the 17th century.... Counterpointing the faces and habits of Parisians then and now, the program emphasizes how many things have remained the same through change. [Includes views of] both the magnificent and ordinary buildings of Louis XIV's long reign [which] continue in use."--Publisher's flyer.

Bulletin by Société française de photographie ( Serial )
in French and held by 60 libraries worldwide
List of members in 1st ser., v.1, 9-10; 2d ser., v. 1-25; 3d ser., v. 1-5.

Un artiste republicain en colère, Honoré Daumier ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1986 and 1993 in English and held by 53 libraries worldwide
"Portrait of the great satirist and caricaturist of the 19th century, whose work chronicles the history of France during the July Monarchy and the Second Empire, showing ... the people who made and who were made by the historical events--the politicians and lawyers, the struggling poor, and the bourgeoisie ever elbowing its way upward."--Publisher's flyer.