edition of 500

Groupe Lhoist is the largest producer of lime and limestone products, with over 100 active sites in some twenty-five countries. They commissioned Koudelka to spend two years photographing their various quarries in Europe and the United States.

First edition, number 85 of 500 copies; (223 x 297 mm, 8¾ x 11¾ in); black & white photographs, texts in French, English, and German, design by Xavier Barral; accordion-fold mounted to lower board, grey wrapper, grey paper-covered boards, printed in black, light rubbing to sides, publisher's cardboard box, near-fine.

The Photobook: A History II, pp202-3.