Paris: A. Marion, 1870. First edition. 8vo., 96, [inserts 4, and 8 pp.]; 47 pp. Original printed wrappers which bear a presentation from the author to "Monsieur Poitevin" on the margin of the front wrapper. A fine, near new copy, house in a cloth over boards clamshell case with printed... More about CATALOGUE INITIATEUR AUX PROCÉDÉS ANCIENS ET NOUVEAUX SELS D'ARGENT, FERRO-PRUSSIATE ET...

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1862. First edition. 8vo., iv, 244 pp. Contemporary red cloth with simple title and rules in gilt on the spine; spine faded with wear at the crown and lower portion of the joints and tips. Occasional faint foxing, with the rear endpaperssoiled. A near very... More about LA PHOTOGRAPHIE CONSIDÉRÉE COMME ART ET COMME INDUSTRIE:; HISTOIRE DE SA DÉCOUVERTE, SES...

Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, [1985]. First edition. 8vo., xxiii, 192 pp., numerous b&w photo-plates. Top edge is slightly foxed. Issued in publisher's cloth without a dust jacket. Near fine. Includes a study of the Daguerrean Era, Age of the Carte-de-Visite, the business of photography and an extensive list of... More about EARLY PERUVIAN PHOTOGRAPHY: A CRITICAL CASE STUDY

Paris: A. Gaudin et Frère, 1855. First edition. 8vo., 107 [1] pp., illustrated from wood engravings. Bound in new facsimile wrappers with the original rear printed wrapper included. Ink stamp of the Société Française de Photographie and their release stamp on the title page, with soiling and tears along the..... More about TRAITÉ DE PHOTOGRAPHIE SUR COLLODION

Paris: A. Gaudin, 1859. Third edition. 8vo., 600 pp., [4] adverts, 128 illustrations on 10 folding pages, including 1 chromolithograph. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards and paper spine label. Partially opened between the half-title and title page; otherwise, a very good and bright copy. This is the... More about RÉPERTOIRE GÉNÉRAL DE PHOTOGRAPHIE PRATIQUE ET THÉORIQUE:; CONTENANT LES PROCÉDÉS SUR...

Paris: Administration du "Bulletin de l'imprimerie" 1888. First ed. 8vo., ix, 343 pp., 6 plates, text illustrations, adverts. Printed paper wrappers, with a short chip lacking at the base of the spine. Near fine. A review of printing techniques, including stereotype, electro-galvanography, photogravure, phototypie, photochromie, and typochromie. More than a.... More about PROCÉDÉS DE REPRODUCTIONS GRAPHIQUES APPLIQUÉE À L'IMPRIMERIE

(London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons), 1882. First edition. 8vo., 13 pp., charts. Self-wrappers.. Modest dust smudging to front and rear. Very good. Housed in a newly made pamphlet folder. Printed for the Royal Institution of Great Britain on the occasion of an "Extra Evening Meeting, Monday, March 13... More about THE ATTITUDES OF ANIMALS IN MOTION, ILLUSTRATED WITH THE ZOOPRAXISCOPE

NY: Published by Pudney & Russell, 1860. First edition. 8vo., xii, 168 pp.; [with] [A Directory to the Principal Objects of Interest in New-York] 7-42 pp., illustrated plates from wood engravings, 1 folding plate, a color advertisement. Gilt-decorated cloth, a.e.g. Extremities moderately rubbed. Lacking the terminal blank free endpaper. Very... More about THE UNION SKETCH-BOOK: A RELIABLE GUIDE, EXHIBITING THE HISTORY AND BUSINESS RESOURCES OF THE...

Paris: Librairie Militaire. J. Dumaine, 1862. First edition. 8vo., 31 pp., albumen photographic frontispiece, 1 leaf of diagrams, 1 large folding engraved plate. [bound with] D'Abbadie, A. RAPPORT SUR LA PLANCHETTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE M. AUGUSTE CHEVALLIER. Extrait du Bulletin de la Société de Géographie, (Décembre 1862.) (Paris: Impriemerie de L...... More about APPLICATION DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE TOPOGRAPHIE MILITAIRE. NOTICE SUR LA PLANCHETTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE...

Paris: Desloges, 1859. First edition with this title. 8vo., 167 pp., [1], 8 adverts. Original printed wrappers which are largely eroded at the spine, toned with some chipping at the edges. The text is foxed with a dampstain at the lower blank margin. A good copy. An interesting manual on... More about PHOTOGRAPHIE AU SPERMACÉTI; PEINTURE À LA CIRE, OU L'ART DE LA MINIATURE RENDU AUSSI FACILE QUE...

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1887. Second French edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 98 pp., mounted platinum photographic frontispiece, illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Slight edge wear, creasing and moderate staining to wrappers. Very good. Housed in a custom made cloth clamshell box with facsimile paper label on front. This manual discusses Pizzighelli's newly modified... More about LA PLATINOTYPIE, EXPOSÉ THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE D'UN PROCÉDÉ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE AUX SELS DE PLATINE...

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1883. First French ed. Small 8vo., xiv, 90 pp., mounted platinotype frontispiece with tissue guard. Quarter morocco with marbled boards, gilt title within raised bands on spine. Scattered light foxing, occasional ink notations or corrections in text, and transfer from the frontispiece to the blank tissue guard; else... More about LA PLATINOTYPIE, EXPOSÉ THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE D'UN PROCÉDÉ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE AUX SELS DE PLATINE...

NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1967. First edition. 4to., ix, 139 pp., illustrated. A near fine copy in dust jacket. An historical survey of the practitioners, the art of, and the cases used in American daguerreotypes. More about AMERICAN DAGUERREIAN ART