London: John Churchill & Sons, 1858. First edition. 8vo., x, 256 pp., engravings in text and 4 pp. adverts. Rebacked in the publisher's cloth binding with the original spine laid-down; tips rubbed. The text is moderately toned and soiled. A very good copy. Item #53193

The Arno Press reprinted this in 1973 in its series, THE LITERATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: "Written by one of the members of the Photographic Exchange Club of London, a picture maker famous for his superlative still-life and landscapes, this work is comparable in scope to Disderi's L'art de la Photographie (1862), Root's The Camera and the Pencil (1864) and Robinson's Pictorial Effect in Photography (1869)."

Roosens and Salu 6383. Gernsheim INCUNABULA No. 807.

Price: $300.00