The autochromes of J.H. Lartigue, 1912-1927

"A conversation [of Georges Herscher] with J.H. Lartigue about his autochromes"--P. [5]
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We cite from the COVER:
"In 1912 J.H. Lartigue, age seventeen, became intrigued by the autochrome process, a technique of colour photography that had been developed four years before by the brothers Lumière and eagerly embraced by enthusiastic photographers. It was, Lartigue felt, a way 'to capture the truth'. A relatively easy method of full-colour photography was at last available, and Lartigue continued to make autochromes until further advances in colour photography made apparent the autochrome's limitations."
"Nearly seventy years after Lartigue experimented with his first autochrome he agreed to compile this book—the first to reproduce the finest of his delicately coloured, gemlike images. His autochromes recall a bygone era of gaiety and great sentimentality; they are also among the finest examples of a technique crucial to the technical progress of colour photography."
"In a conversation with his French publisher, Georges Herscher, the great photographer discusses both his colour work in general and the subjects of his autochromes. In a separate essay, Yves Aubry, a journalist and instructor at the French School of Photography, explains the technical and historical aspects of the autochrome process. The beautiful colour plates, distinguished by their soft hues and misty quality, bring to mind the loveliest of pointillist paintings."
"The historical significance of the autochrome process is enhanced and illuminated by the fine reproduction of these early, now rare colour photographs."