Paris: Amyot, [1861]. First edition. 8vo., 330 pp., 65 illustrations in text. Contemporary quarter leather with title and decorations in gilt with marbled paper over boards; edges and hinges rubbed; contents clean and very good. Presented in nine parts: the first part offers a comprehensive history starting with Euclid to..... More
Paris: [Vol. 1-4] Bureau de la rédaction; [vol. 5-6] Amyot, 1862-1866. First edition. 6 volumes. 8vo., [Vol. 1] 508 pp.; [Vol. 2] 488 pp.; [Vol. 3], 376 pp.; [Vol. 4] 390 pp.; [Vol. 5] 389 pp.; [Vol. 6] 410 pp.; hundreds of b&w wood engravings. Engraved seal vignettes on each..... More
Paris: Librairie Scientifique-Industrielle de L. Mathias (Augustin), 1847. 2 volumes. Thick 4tos., unpaged, illustrated. Half calf and cloth with gilt rules and title on spine, cloth slightly stained, spine and tips rubbed, scattered foxing, else very good. Contains early information regarding photography, lenses, panoramas, photoengraving, photolithography, sensitized papers, etc.... More
Paris: Grassart; A. Gaudin et Frère, 1856. First edition. 12mo., vii, 220 pp., a.e.g. Publisher's blue cloth, decorated in blind on the covers and spine. The binding shows blistering and fading from dampness, with a faint and diminishing tidemark through p. 11 and again on the last 30 pages, primarily..... More
Paris: Chez L'auteur, 1868. First edition. 8vo., 28 pp., occasional light foxing and mild creasing. A very good copy in the original printed wrappers. Laid-in is a 4 pp. illustrated brochure by Lafon de Camarsac promoting his ceramic portraits and showing the various sizes with corresponding prices; scattered foxing; else..... More
Paris: La Librairie Encyclopédique De Roret, 1856. Nouvelle Édition. 12mo., 166 pp., 12 pp. adverts., illustrations in text. Illustrated original wrappers with the date written in ink on the front, lacking the lower corner of the front wrapper and a few other small chips. The final leaf of the adverts..... More
Paris: La Librairie Encyclopédique De Roret, 1858. First edition. 12mo., vi, 456 pp., 90 pp. adverts., illustrations in text. Recent calf backed marbled paper over boards with the spine in six compartments and titled in gilt, illustrated original wrappers bound-in, with the top corner of the rear wrapper expertly replaced..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., 52 pp., illustrated with engravings in text, 2 folded leaves of plates with tissue guards. Printed wrappers. Label removed from front wrapper and chipping along the spine has been repaired; else very good. 1851 Aimé Laussedat developed the first photogrammetric process. His method involved..... More
(Saint-Cloud): Imprimerie Belin Frères, 1900. First edition. 4to., 35 pp., (45) illustrations from b&w photographs, drawings and graphs. Printed wrappers. Aside from light toning at the edges of the front wrapper, a fine, as new copy. Housed in a newly made cloth over boards pamphlet case. The International World Exposition..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1901. First edition. 8vo., [1] 198 pp., text illustrations, plus 15 large fold-out plates (diagrams, maps, photos, plans, topographical map). Newly bound in paper over boards with printed paper labels. Slight crease to the upper tip of the first 50 pages; a very good copy. Further investigations into..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1898 - 1903. First edition. Three parts in three octavo volumes. xi,449 pp., text illustrations plus 14 plates; 198 pp., text illustrations, plus 15 plates; 287 pp, text illustrations plus 18 plates. The plates in all volumes are generally large fold-outs (diagrams, maps, photos, stereograms, plans, and topographical..... More
Paris: Lerebours et Secretan, 1854. Édition nouvelle renfermant tous les perfectionnements apportés a cert art jusqu'a ce jour. 8vo., [ii], title page, [v], [1] 387 pp. Original printed wrappers, bound in modern half morocco and marbled paper over boards with the spine in six compartments and titled in gilt. There..... More
London: T. & R. Willats, 1850. First English language edition. 16mo., v, [7]-24 pp., [4] pp. Quarter morocco and cloth with morocco tips, titled in gilt on spine; the original printed wrappers are bound-in Gentle crease to the corner of the text. A very good copy. Expanded English translation of..... More
Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1868. First edition. 8vo.,viii, [17] - 336 pp., occasional diagrams, plus 20 pp. adverts. Newly bound in half calf and marbled paper over boards. Near fine. A clearly written, complete procedural, with the following major parts which contain chapters of specific topics: Introduction to Photography; Photographic..... More
Paris: Se trouve tous les principaux libraires de France et de l'éntranger... et chez l'auyeur, [1856]. First edition. 8vo., 333 pp. Bound in a contemporary morocco gilt and marbled paper over boards; the original printed paper rear wrapper is bound-in. A fine and bright copy. Adolphe Legros was a early..... More
Paris: Lerebours et Secretan, 1846. Fifth edition. 8vo., [4], vii, 288 pp., folding plate loosely inserted, adverts. Scattered foxing to the first and last few leaves. Quarter morocco and paper over boards, gilt decorations on spine. The binding is lightly rubbed and worn at the tips. A very good copy..... More
Paris: Lerebours et Secretan, 1846. Third edition. 8vo., [ii], 100, [2] pp., 1 folding plate. [bound with] J.L. [Lerebours, Noël-Marie Paymal]. TRAITÉ DE GALVANOPLASTIE PAR J. L. Paris: N.-P. Lerebours et Secretan, 1845. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo., [iv], 142, [2] pp., 11 engravings in text. [bound with] LE..... More
Paris: N.-P. Lerebours, 1843. Fourth ed. 8vo., (iv), 203 pp., folding plate, plus 16 pp. catalogue. Cloth backed marbled paper over boards with a morocco spine label. The half-title shows modest soiling; occasional scattered foxing with a small stain to the top blank corner of the last few leaves; the..... More
Paris: N.-P. Lerebours et Secretan, 1845. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo., [iv], 138 pp., 11 engravings in text. Newly bound in half morocco and marble paper over boards. Occasional light foxing. The final 6 pages {139 - 142, [2] } which constitute the list of plates in EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES..... More
NY: Scientific American Publishing Co.; Munn & Company, 1921. First edition. 16mo., xiv, 507 pp., illustrated from b&w photos and diagrams. All edges gilt; faux leather. Spine cocked but very good. A comprehensive manual by the managing editor of Scientific American. More
Paris: A. Liébert, 1864. First edition. 8vo., xii,422, 15 pp. engraved figures in text. Contemporary quarter leather, gilt titled and decorated within raised bands on spine and marbled paper over boards. Light rubbing to the edges; else a fine and bright copy. Following the text is a 15 page advertisement..... More
Paris: A. Liébert, 1878. Third edition. 8vo., xi, 679 pp. photogravure frontispiece, 16 carbon photographs mounted on 6 leaves, and one mounted photo-lithograph, other illustrations in text. Contemporary half morocco with tips, gilt titled and decorated within raised bands on spine, t.e.g. Occasional scattered foxing. A very good copy. Alphonse..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1908. First edition. 8vo., viii, 283 pp., carbon photographic frontispiece, text illustrations. Printed wrappers. The wrappers have a small closed tear, creases at the corners, ex-library stamp on the front wrapper and title page, and small number label and tape at the bottom of the spine. Occasional pencil..... More
Berlin: Theobald Grieben, 1860 - 1867. First and mixed editions. 8vo., variable paginations, occasional illustrations from engravings. 8 volumes. Volume 1 is comprised of later printings (1861 & 1862) of the monthly issues. All others are first editions and published monthly in their corresponding year. All volumes bound in quarter..... More
Düsseldorf: Ed. Liesegang's Verlag, 1884. Eighth ed., revised. 8vo., 156 pp., illustrated. Newly bound in cloth-backed paper over boards with printed labels on front and spine; shortened original wrappers bound in. A manual of the carbon process and its applications; details on making enlargements. Roosens and Salu No. 1604... More