THE ART OF ENGRAVING, WITH THE VARIOUS MODES OF OPERATION, UNDER THE FOLLOWING DIFFERENT DIVISIONS: ETCHING, SOFT-GROUND ETCHING, LINE ENGRAVING, CHALK AND STIPPLE, AQUATINT, MEZZOTINT, LITHOGRAPHY, WOOD ENGRAVING, MEDALLIC ENGRAVING, ELECTROGRAPHY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. ILLUSTRATED WITH SPECIMENS OF THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF ENGRAVING
London: M.A. Nattali, 1844. Second edition. Small 4to., vii, 109 pp., [4] adverts, 10 leaves of plates (including frontispiece), plus [3] pp. adverts Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Previous owner's inscription. Two spots of light foxing on the title page, else a fine copy. Item #32081
Gernsheim INCUNABULA #652 states, "Contains 'Sketch of the different methods of photogenic drawing', pp. 101-9." This section on photography describes three methods, ostensibly Talbot's, where an image is obtained on paper treated with nitrate or chloride of silver, Niepce's plate preparation with resins, bitumens or essential oils, and Daguerre's. This second edition appears to be from the sheets of the first edition (1841) with a reset publisher's imprint. The cloth binding is also a variant of 1841.
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