4 early papers: "Invention of Photogenic Drawings" , "Light Drawn Pictures" , "The Daguerrotype Explained", and "Practical description of the Process called the Daguerreotype, which consists of the spontaneous reproductions of the images of natural objects, in the Camera Obscura" All in "Journal of the Franklin Institute", 1839

(Daguerre)

Published by Franklin Institute, 1839

About this Item

"Invention of Photogenic Drawings" p.208; "Light Drawn Pictures," pp 208-9; "The Daguerreotype Explained," pp 209-210 ( by "A.D.B.", Alexander Dallas Bache). All in the September, 1839 issue of Journal of the Franklin Institute, printed in Philadelphia by the Institute, 1839. The entire volume offered, volume 28 (new series vol 24) , (442pp). Bound in half-calf and marbled boards. The spine is scuffed and chipped at head and toe, and the front board is detached. Also, this is an ex-library copy, with stamps on the title page. All that said, the text is fresh and crisp. A GOOD copy, only. __+__ Bound with: Daguerre. Practical description of the Process called the Daguerreotype, which consists of the spontaneous reproductions of the images of natural objects, in the Camera Obscura. In the November issue of the same volume, pp 303-311, with four drawings in text. All of these are very early journal publications on the new art of photography.__+__ "A scientific friend having kindly sent to me, from Paris, a paper containing the authorized explanation of the process of M. Daguerre, which has attracted so much attention, I have made an abstract of it, which is at your service. The condition under which M. Daguerre received a pension from the French Government was, that he should make all the steps of his process public. His communication was first made confidentially to a Committee of the Institute, and M. Arago, acting as their organ, states that some of the steps of the process are not explicable by known laws."--from The Daguerreotype Explained.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 4 early papers: "Invention of Photogenic Drawings" , "Light Drawn Pictures" , "The Daguerrotype Explained", and "Practical description of the Process called the Daguerreotype, which consists of the spontaneous reproductions of the images of natural objects, in the Camera Obscura" All in "Journal of the Franklin Institute", 1839
• Publisher: Franklin Institute
• Publication Date: 1839
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1 pound
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography