London: John W. Davies, [1863]. Second edition. 16mo., vi, 135 pp., illustrations in text. Original gilt-titled cloth. A very good copy. Item #26232

The author introduced this process for coating dry collodion plates with a tannin solution; he discusses the problems of obtaining uniform sensitivity across coating surface and increasing speed to match that of wet plates. This edition is revised and expanded over the 80 pp. 1862 first edition, as there were several improvements in the process.

Roosens and Salu No. 10305. Eder -HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY p. 374 - 376. Gensheim - INCUNABULA No. 859. OCLC locates thirteen copies of this expanded edition.

Price: $180.00