London: Times Newspapers Limited, 1973. Hill, David Octavius. First edition. 8vo., unpaged, plus 64 full-page plates with captions. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Previous owner's name monogram stamped in ink on the half-title page. Wrappers lightly soiled, else a good copy. More about THE HILL / ADAMSON ALBUMS: A SELECTION FROM THE EARLY VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHS ACQUIRED BY THE...

Parisiis: Ex Typographia Firminorum Didot, 1855. First edition, as such. 12mo., xlvi, 299 pp., 18 mounted albumen photographs, and 2 double-page maps with tissue guards, a.e.g. Bound in a later full morocco, decorated with rules and corner ornaments in blind, patterned endpapers. The gutter is partially opened at the title-page... More about QUINTI HORATII FLACCI OPERA, CUM NOVO COMMENTARIO AD MODUM JOANNIS BOND

New York: S.D. Humphrey, 1851. First editions. 8vo. continuously paginated vii, 384 pp. 12 issues, Vol. 2 No. 1, May 15, 1851 to Vol. II, No. 12, November 1, 1851. Original illustrated wrappers present on all but issue #10, with some mild chipping at the edges of a few issues... More about THE DAGUERREIAN JOURNAL: DEVOTED TO THE DAGUERREIAN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS. ALSO, EMBRACING THE...

Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Co., 1841. First edition. 8vo., viii, 96 pp., lithographic frontispiece showing an image in positive and negative, with 29 illustrations in text. The frontispiece shows staining and foxing at the edges; a few leaves have creased corners and modest foxing. The top and bottom of the... More about A POPULAR TREATISE ON THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING DAGUERREOTYPE, AND ALL THE NEW METHODS OF...

Southampton: Photo-Zincographed by Her Majesty's Command at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Colonel Sir H. James, Director. 1862. First ed. Folio, (vi), 16 pp.; illustration, text in red and black. The original 4 pp. prospectus has been tipped-in following the text. Decoratively blind-embossed cloth with gilt title and emblem, recased... More about DOMESDAY BOOK OR THE GREAT SURVEY OF ENGLAND OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, A.D. MLXXXVI. FACSIMILE...

Paris: Bureaux de l'Artiste, 1839. First edition. 4to., 4 pp. Faint foxing, archival paper repair along the fold; with a toned area, 1 x 1/2 inch at the top blank margin where tape has been removed. Very good. Laid-in a paper and boards folder with a printed paper label on... More about LE DAGUERREOTYPE: NOUVELLE EXPÉRIENCE.; EXTRACT FROM: L'ARTISTE: JOURNAL DE LA LITTÉRTURE ET...

The Bibliographical Society of America. 1973. 8vo., 283 - 304 pp., illustrations. Stapled into printed wrappers. Light crease at the spine. Near fine. The authors present evidence that Henry Hunt Snelling's 1849, THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY, which was commonly referred to as the first bound... More about PLAGIARISM IN THE "FIRST" AMERICAN BOOK ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY.; An Offprint from The Papers...

Seebruck am Chiemsee: HeeringVerlag, 1979. First edition. Small 4to., 270 pp., (1) advert, numerous b&w photos, 6 in color. Illustrated paper over boards. A near fine copy. A detailed and extensive work; the chapters include an overview of the development of the daguerreotype; individual practitioners and histories by cities and regions. More about DAGUERREOTYPIE IN DEUTSCHLAND. VOM CHARME DER FRÜHEN FOTOGRAFIE

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 about RÉPERTOIRE ENCYCLOPÉDIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE :; COMPRENANT PAR ORDRE ALPHABÉTIQUE TOUT CE QUI A...

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 about PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHIQUES SUR ÉMAIL VITRIFIÉS ET INALTÈRABLES COMME LES PEINTURES DE SÈVRES...

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 about PHOTOGRAPHIE: TRAITÉ NOUVEAU, THÉORIQUE ET PRACTIQUE, DES PROCÉDÉS ET MANIPULATIONS SUR...

Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago and The University of Chicago Press, 1987. Le Gray, Gustave. First ed. Oblong 4to., 184 pp., frontis, over 100 photos and illustrations. A near fine copy in a very good illustrated dust jacket. Gustave Le Gray (1820-1882), a French painter and photographer was the... More about THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF GUSTAVE LE GRAY

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. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket, housed in the publisher's plain cardstock slipcase. Le Secq (1818-1882), a painter, was commissioned in 1851..... More about HENRI LE SECQ: PHOTOGRAPHE DE 1850 A 1860.; CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE LA COLLECTION DE LA...