Frankfurt am Main and Stuttgart: Portikus and Oktagon Verlag 1995. First edition, first printing, of this boxed set. The text is in German. Parr/Badger, The Photobook, Vol. II, 275: "Montparnasse [is] the single body of work "that succeeds as a photobook whilst still replicating the essential qualities of [Gursky's] vision." Gursky was the subject of a major exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 2001; that same year, a color coupler print of "Montparnasse" by Gursky realized $600,000 at auction in Luxembourg. Long, oblong folio, 18 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches, 2 volumes, in original publisher's box. A mint copy of this rare and important book, complete with separate, folded print.