Halle a.S. W. Knapp, 1891-1892. Second edition. 8vos., [vol. I] xii, 485 pp.; [vol. II] x, 518 pp.; [vol. III] x, 496 pp.; text illustrations. Half morocco and marbled boards. Owner's neat stamp on endpapers. The second volume has occasional marginalia in ink, holographic notes on paper which have been..... More

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1887. Second French edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 98 pp., mounted platinum photographic frontispiece, illustrations. [bound with] Lamy. E. LE PROCÉDÉ AU CHARBON. Manufacture des Papiers Photographiques. Paris: Maurice Bry & Cie., Successeurs de E. Lamy, [1903] Cinquième edition. 8vo., vii, 312, [3] pp. Contemporary quarter calf with marbled..... More

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1883. Second edition. 8vo., xiv, 280 pp., errata, phototypie portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, titled in gilt on the spine. Occasional light foxing, board and spine edges lightly rubbed; else very good. Alphonse Louis Poitevin (1819 - 1882) was trained as..... More

Paris: Henri Lefebvre, 1935. 4to., iii, 144 pages of b&w plates from photographs, most full-page, many with two images, 3 mounted plates. Gilt-decorated paper over boards;a one inch tear at the top of the front hinge, light foxing on the title page and endpapers, some spotting at the edges. Text..... More

Hartford: H.J. Rodgers, Publisher, 1872. First edition. 12mo., 235 pp., plus errata leaf, numerous engraved illustrations. Purple cloth faded on spine. Lacking the engraved frontispiece and the engraved drawing of Samuel F.B. Morse's memorial stone on page 223 (224 is blank); the majority of the blank terminal free endpaper is..... More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. First ed. Thick 8vo., viii, 815, [1] pp., illustrations, tables, forms. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, raised bands on spine with gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and edges. Slight crease to the blank margin of the first few leaves. Cracks to the hinges..... More

Wien: Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1864 - 1908. First editions. 8vos., variable paginations, with mounted original albumen photographic plates. 43 volumes. This set was acquired from the British Patent Office and bears their stamp throughout. A few volumes show early dampstaining, and thirty-six volumes have been newly-bound in quarter..... More

Amsterdam: Letteren & Kunst, 1964. First German language ed. Small thick 4to., 303 pp., plus (14) pp. notes and index, profusely illustrated in gravure, several color plates, one of which has an embossed illustrated acetate overlay. Fine in a near fine illustrated dust jacket. A remarkable illustrated historical survey and..... More

Paris: Chez L'Auteur, Opticien, [1840]. First edition. 16mo., 79 pp. Contemporary quarter morocco with raised bands and titled in gilt, with marbled paper over boards; silk ribbon marker. Scattered foxing. Although not called for, bound in is a fine albumen photographic portrait of the author, mounted on card stock; credited..... More

London: Printed by the editor for B. Crosby and Co., 1808. First ed. 8vo., xviii, 505, 506*-507* (sic), 506-530 [48] pp. frontispiece, illustrations, plates (1 folding) folding tables. Following the title page is a tipped-in plate showing the layout of the type case, which has a few closed tears, and..... More

Paris: Lerebours et Secrétan; Lyon, Chez L'Auteur, 1847. First edition. 8vo., 194 pp.,[1], illustrations in text, at chapter heads. Publisher's original printed wrappers which are moderately soiled; the spine has been expertly repaired with the original title, date and price laid-down, the blank remainder is in facsimile; new endpapers have..... More

London: Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood, 1845. Second edition, enlarged. 8vo., 5 - 62 pp., 3 engraved plates. Lacking preliminary leaves through the title page and the catalogue of photographic supplies, p. 63 - 72. Removed from a bound volume, this has added contemporary leaves of manuscript formulas by Dr. Hugh..... More

Quedlinburg and Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Gottfr. Basse, 1845. First edition. 8vo., 72 pp., folding frontispiece. Later paper over boards with panel of the original printed front wrapper mounted on the upper cover. Some leaves have small closed tears, chips, creases, and faint stains. A good copy. Calling upon..... More