2676 - Photo Books - Pecsi, Jozsef. *A fényképezö müvészete* (The Art of the Photographer). With a cover design by Dagobert Peche, signed on the plate; a title page by Sándor Kónya; and 12 autotypes based on photographs. Budapest, Fény, 1917, 121 pp. 19.5 x 13 cm. Original illustrated hardcover (spine replaced using the original material; front cover has some water stains; corners are slightly bumped, browned, and somewhat stained).

Photo Books - Pecsi, Jozsef. *A fényképezö müvészete* (The Art of the Photographer). With a cover design by Dagobert Peche, signed on the plate; a title page by Sándor Kónya; and 12 autotypes based on photographs. Budapest, Fény, 1917, 121 pp. 19.5 x 13 cm. Original illustrated hardcover (spine replaced using the original material; front cover has some water stains; corners are slightly bumped, browned, and somewhat stained). First edition, very rare. - The first publication by the Hungarian photographer Pécsi (1889–1956), who played an important role in modern photography. - With a cover illustration by Dagobert Peche, who was one of the artists of the Wiener Werkstätte. The plates showcase Pécsi’s early Symbolist work, including nudes, portrait and landscape studies, as well as several examples of advertising photography. - Collector’s stamp on the endpaper; block slightly detached; text pages browned due to the age of the paper. - Enclosed: Patent Specification. April 1922. 4 pp., 1 photolithographic plate. - The document is the rejection of a patent application submitted by J. Pecsi for a photographic apparatus. - Slightly browned.