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Concilium Vaticanum II

Fifty extraordinary photographs by Lothar Wolleh capturing the events and ceremonies of Vatican II. The photographs were originally published in 1965 in a collectible and luxurious (édition de luxe) album titled. “The Council” (a French edition entitled Le concile. Concile de Vatican II was published in 1966: the photographs presented were taken from it).

A fragment of the front of the decorative binding from the collector’s edition of the book Le concile. Concile de Vatican II with photographs by Lothar Wolleh (published in 1966). It is embossed with the coat of arms of Pope John XXIII in gold. The publication was produced in collaboration with Father Emil Schmitz SJ of Vatican Radio and with an introduction written by Cardinal Tisserant.
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