Item #54449 LA PLATINOTYPIE, EXPOSÉ THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE D'UN PROCÉDÉ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE AUX SELS DE PLATINE PERMETTANT D'OBTENIR RAPIDEMENT DES ÉPREUVES INALTÉRABLES. Joseph Pizzighelli, Le Baron Hübl, Giuseppe.

LA PLATINOTYPIE, EXPOSÉ THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE D'UN PROCÉDÉ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE AUX SELS DE PLATINE PERMETTANT D'OBTENIR RAPIDEMENT DES ÉPREUVES INALTÉRABLES: Translated from the German by Henry Gauthier-Villars.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1883. First French edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 90 pp., errata leaf, mounted platinotype frontispiece, lacking the tissue guard. Half blue calf with marbled boards, gilt title within raised bands on spine, the upper tips are slightly rubbed. Foxing throughtout; otherwise, very good. Item #54449

This manual discusses Pizzighelli's newly modified platinum process. Pizzighelli was the brother-in-law of H.W. Vogel with whom he invented gelatin silver chloride emulsion for printing papers. M. Le Baron Hübl invented the multiple gum printing process. The frontispiece is an original platinum print.

Roosens and Salu No. 8637.

Price: $300.00