Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1862. First edition. 8vo., half-title page, title page, iv, 244 pp. Cased in newly made binding of paper over boards, with a facsimile of the title page applied to the upper cover. Scattered foxing; unopened and untrimmed. Good. The authors, the Parisian photographic firm of..... More
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 endpapers soiled. A near..... More
Pittsburgh: Bakewell & Marthens, 1873. Albee, S.V. First edition. 8vo., vii, 166 pp., with 16 full-page salted paper photographs by S.V. Albee. Two cracks to the cloth along the spine (still firm) and light flaking at the foredge of the front and rear boards. A very good copy. Allegheny Cemetery..... More
Paris: Vve Le Normant, 1840. First French edition, with additions. 8vo., viii - 111 pp., printed wrappers with a small label affixed at the base of the spine, stain at the top edge of the front and rear wrappers. A very good copy, housed in a pamphlet case of blue..... More
Paris: J.-B. Bailliére et Fils, 1866. First edition. 8vo., iv, 333 [3] pp., 41 text illustrations, 3 mounted albumen photo-plates. Bound with: PRÉCIS DE MICROPHOTOGRAPHIE, par G. Huberson. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. First ed. 100 pp., frontispiece, illustrated, 4 pp. catalogue. And bound with: PHOTOMICROGRAPHIE EN CENT TABLEAUX POUR PROJECTION, par..... More
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
Paris: A. Gaudin, 1859. Third edition. 8vo., 600 pp., 128 illustrations on 10 folding pages, including 1chromolithograph, 5 photolithographs. Quarter morocco, marbled paper over boards, gilt on spine largely rubbed away. Some expert conservation to upper spine, slight wear at tips, modern dealer stamp on half-title, top blank corner of..... More
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
Paris: Georges Masson, Libraire-Éditeur, 1876. First edition. 8vo., 104 pp., illustrated; bound with: PHOTOGRAPHIE AU CHARBON. PROCÉDÉS EXPLOITÉS ET PERFECTIONNÉS PAR AD. BRAUN & CIE., 12mo., ix, 12 pp., figures in text. Quarter morocco and marbled boards, gilt decorations and title on spine within raised bands. The instruction booklet is..... More
Paris: Leiber Éditeur, 1862. First edition. 8vo., 212 pp., illustrated. New facsimile paper wrappers. Staining and toning to several leaves,with some tips mildly chipped with no loss of text. A good copy. Housed in a newly made clamshell box with a facsimile of the title page affixed to the upper..... More
Paris: Leiber Éditeur, 1862. First edition. 8vo., 212 pp., iv adverts, illustrated. Later black linen with a morocco spine label, original printed wrappers, which are slightly worn, bound in. Occasional light foxing. A very good copy. Although the title is similar to his earlier, and frequently revised and expanded, TRAITÉ..... More
Paris: Administration du "Bulletin de l'imprimerie" 1888. First edition. 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
Trenton Falls, NY: J. R. Moore, ca, 1864-1866. 7 CDVs, each 2 5/16 x 3 13/16 inches. An albumen photograph on the front of each, with a hand-cancelled tax stamp on the reverse. Also, each is hand titled in ink, on the reverse. The Civil War popularized photography to a...... More
Paris: Héliographique des Chemins de Fer, Motteroz, 1879. Second edition. 12mo., [vi], 79 pp., 2 b&w lithographic plates. Original printed blue wrappers bound in a l;atter half calf with gilded spine decorations. Scattered foxing, with 2 engraved bookplates of former owners. Joints and edges are rubbed, with mild wrinkling to..... More
Paris: André Jammes, 1963. Negre, Charles. First edition. Oblong folio, 41 pp., 30 tipped-in collotype plates, 1 large folding collotype plate with tissue guard. Plain stiff wrappers in printed over wrapper, which has a collotype mounted on front. With plain acetate dust jacket that has a tiny closed tear at..... More
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
London: W. Kent & Co., and James Newman, 1859. Second edition. 12mo., xi, 98 pp., 22 illustrated adverts. Gilt-titled and decorated cloth over boards. The cloth is faded and is mildly worn at the tips, with a one inch separation at the spine, which extends to the front flyleaf; text..... More
NY: Tennant and Ward, 1935. Niepce, Nicephore. First U.S. edition. 8vo., (viii), 163 pp., (4) adverts. Cloth. A fine copy. Edward Epstean's translation into English of La vérité sur l'invention de la photographie. Reprint of 1867 edition published in Paris by the Library of Authors and of the Academy of..... More
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
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
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. 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
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1887. Second French edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 98 pp., mounted photo frontispiece, illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. The binding and endsheets are dampstained; text toned and brittle with a short closed tear to the blank margin of the first free-flyleaf to the half-title page. The printed tissue guard for the..... 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
Venezia: Tipografia Ripamonti-Ottolini, 1870. 8vo., 48 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Housed in a newly made three-point cloth folder, with a paper label on upper cover and spine. The wrappers are chipped at the corners; the rear wrapper has been expertly replaced. The blank lower tips of most leaves are chipped..... More