THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HARMONIOUS COLOURING, IN OIL, WATER AND PHOTOGRAPHIC COLOURS, ESPECIALLY AS APPLIED TO PHOTOGRAPHS ON PAPER, GLASS AND SILVER-PLATE.
London: W. Kent & Co., and James Newman, 1859. Fourth edition (expanded). 12mo., xii, 112 pp., (4 pp.) illustrated adverts. Recased in the original gilt-titled and decorated cloth, hinges repaired with Japanese tissue, partially opened crack at the gutter of the title page. Adverts torn and repaired with loss. A near very good copy. Item #31645
This popular manual was by far the most comprehensive text for coloring every photographic process to date. This fourth edition was published the same year as the first edition and corrects a few inaccuracies, and added additional information.
Gernsheim, INCUNABULA OF BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHIC LITERATURE 1839 - 1875, No. 817. Roosens and Salu No. 2164.
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