Does anyone know what book I'm thinking of?

I remember browsing at a bookstore and seeing a photography book that went into photographers' famous books. It had scans of the actual books. So you could see the full pages of a first edition of Cartier Bresson's Decisive Moment, for example (I think).

Does anyone know the name of this book? I was having trouble finding it online. Thanks!

Could it be "The Photobook, A History" vol 1, from Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, Phaidon Press Ltd.?

avb said:

I remember browsing at a bookstore and seeing a photography book that went into photographers' famous books. It had scans of the actual books. So you could see the full pages of a first edition of Cartier Bresson's Decisive Moment, for example (I think).

Does anyone know the name of this book? I was having trouble finding it online. Thanks!

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The Photographer's Eye/John Szarkowski?

Thanks for the replies!
It might have been Martin Parr's book (I love his photos btw) but I thought it was different. Maybe another volume? But yes, it had those shots of the covers and spreads of the photo books. I'll look into those, thanks. Those are cool books.

I thought it was more of a classically famous set of photographers (like in the photographer's eye, but with spreads and covers). Weston, HCB, Man Ray, Nan Goldin, Dorothea Lange, etc?

Maybe I'm imagining things!
Thanks again.

My first thought :
Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art -
by John Szarkowski.

with Hill and Adamson, Cameron, O'Sullivan, Atget, Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand, Weston, Kertész, Evans, Cartier-Bresson, Lange, Brassaï, Ansel Adams, Shomei Tomatsu, Frank, Arbus and Friedlander ...

I know that book but it's not it - thanks for the suggestion. It must have been the Parr/Badger vol. 3. Released 2014 so the time would have made sense.

I found it!
Photographers A-Z by Hans-Michael Koetzle. Just ordered off eBay. Thanks for the suggestions!