A Guide to Photography, containing simple and concise directions for obtaining views, portraits, &., in the action of light on prepared surfaces of paper, glass, and metal, including the recent improvements in the calotype, daguerreotype, collodion albumen & waxed paper processes, with the method of taking stereoscopic pictures.

THORNTHWAITE, W.H.

Published by Horne and Thornthwaite, 1854.

About this Item

8th Edition. 8vo. pp. [4], 107, [89] - 120 [catalogue of photographic equipment]; illustrations in the text. Later library buckram with stamps and labels from the Manchester Public Library [from the Manchester Photographic Society Library]. All editions of this early manual are uncommon, this is a much enlarged edition. The separately paginated catalogue at the end is probably a reprint from a continuously paginated earlier edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Photography, containing simple and concise directions for obtaining views, portraits, &., in the action of light on prepared surfaces of paper, glass, and metal, including the recent improvements in the calotype, daguerreotype, collodion albumen & waxed paper processes, with the method of taking stereoscopic pictures.
• Publisher: Horne and Thornthwaite, 1854.
• Binding: Hardcover
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  • Photography