For many years, the photobook remained in the shadow of photography, but today it has conquered its autonomy and become an essential component of photography under its now-established name: Photobook.

Faced with the diversity and number of publications, from the invention of photography to the recent craze for the Photobook, the need for a compendium has arisen, giving rise to compilations with a universal vocation, such as the Parr & Badger trilogy, or to collections devoted to specific fields: geographical areas, photographers, themes...

It is with great pleasure that L’INAPERÇU, for whom the photobook is at the very heart of its identity, presents a selection of some fifty of these compilations—these “Books on Photobooks”—which are often rare and highly sought after by collectors.

To mark this special feature on L’INAPERÇU, Innocences and Les Yeux Ouverts are co-publishing *The Book of Books on Photobooks*, a compilation of books about photography books published around the world, featuring over a hundred titles.