Paris: Lerebours et Secrétan; Lyon, Chez L'Auteur, 1847. First edition. 8vo., 194 pp.,[1], illustrations in text, at chapter heads. Publisher's original printed wrappers which are moderately soiled; the spine has been expertly repaired with the original title, date and price laid-down, the blank remainder is in facsimile; new endpapers have been added. The blank front upper tip is replaced with similar paper, and blank upper tip of the last two leaves are worn and soiled. A very good copy. Item #54393

Little has been written or known of this daguerreotypist from Lyon. He published a short and concise manual of 24 pp. in 1844, and a few daguerreotypes of his making have appeared at auctions in recent years. This daguerreian manual containing the latest improvements in process, is followed by a short history of photography to date; it contains an additional chapter that discusses the "American process" of daguerreotype. The index does not include this extra chapter.

WorldCat locates twelve copies of this works; only two copies, the Musée d'histoire naturelle - Geneva, and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam contain the extra chapter. Bellier de la Chavignerie, Manuel Bibliographie du Photographe Francais, 1863, No. 41, pagination not noted. Roosens and Salu No. 2876 with pagination as 178 pp.

Price: $3,000.00