London: Longman & Co., C. Hullmandel & Ackermann & Co., 1833. Second edition. Small 4to., vii, 92 pp., decorative lithographic title page, plus 19 plates (including frontispiece), map, facsimiles. Contemporary binding of quarter leather with tips, and marbled paper over boards, gilt-titled label on spine. Housed in a custom made... More about THE ART OF DRAWING ON STONE, GIVING A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE VARIOUS STYLES, OF THE DIFFERENT...

London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1849. Daguerre. Second ed. 8vo., xxvi, 478 pp., (24) pp. Half calf and marbled paper, with all edges marbled, calf spine and tips replaced. The front marbled endpaper is partially detatched. A very good copy. Hunt (1807-1887) was librarian and keeper of mine records at... More about POETRY OF SCIENCE, OR STUDIES OF THE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA OF NATURE

London: Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. First edition. 8vo., vii, 303 pp., 32 pp. adverts, hand-colored engraved folding frontispiece, text diagrams. Recased in the decoratively blind-stamped publisher's original cloth. The lower edge of the binding is rubbed, with moderate wear at the tips. A very good copy... More about RESEARCHES ON LIGHT: AN EXAMINATION OF ALL THE PHENOMENA CONNECTED WITH THE CHEMICAL AND...

Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1983. First edition. 4to., xxiv, 284 pp., 131 photos. A near fine copy in a slightly rubbed illustrated dust jacket. An essential reference for the study of the early years of the art of photography. More about THE ART OF FRENCH CALOTYPE.; WITH A CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1845-1870

San Francisco: Published for an exhibition organized by Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986. First ed. 8vo., 47 pp., frontis, 27 plates, detailed listing of the 78 daguerreotypes exhibited. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight wear to extremities... More about THE POWER OF LIGHT: DAGUERREOTYPES FROM THE ROBERT HARSHORN SHIMSHAK COLLECTION

Seebruck am Chiemsee: HeeringVerlag, 1979. First ed. Small 4to., 279 pp., (1) advert, numerous b&w photos, 6 in color. Illustrated paper over boards. Spine toned. Very good. A detailed and extensive work; the chapters include an overview of the development of the daguerreotype; individual practitioners and histories by cities and... More about DAGUERREOTYPIE IN DEUTSCHLAND. VOM CHARME DER FRÜHEN FOTOGRAFIE

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 about MONOGRAPHIE DU STÉRÉOSCOPE ET DES ÉPREUVES STÉRÉOSCOPIQUES

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 about ESQUISSES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES: A PROPOS DE L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE ET DE LA GUERRE D'ORIENT. ...

(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 about MUSÉE CENTENNAL DE LA CLASSE 12 (PHOTOGRAPHIE) A L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSALLE INTERNATIONALE DE 1900...

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 about A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON PHOTOGRAPHY, UPON PAPER AND GLASS.; Translated by Thomas Cousins

Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs/Flammarion, 1986. Le Secq, Henri. First edition. 4to., 191 pp., full-page captioned photos, plus a pictorial catalogue of 717 images in reduced format. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper (from Christian Le Secq). A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket, housed in the publisher's plain..... More about HENRI LE SECQ: PHOTOGRAPHE DE 1850 A 1860.; CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE LA COLLECTION DE LA...

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 about A MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY: INTENDED AS A TEXT BOOK FOR BEGINNERS AND A BOOK OF REFERENCE FOR...

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 about TRAITÉ DE PHOTOGRAPHIE DERNIERS PERFECTIONNEMENTS APPORTÉS AU DAGUERRÉOTYPE [QUATRIÈME ÉDITION