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Fox Talbot and the Invention of Photography
by Buckland, Gail
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0879233079
- ISBN 13
- 9780879233075
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1980 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 216 pp, acknowledgments, author's note, 1. Fox Talbot of Lacock Abbey; 2. A Little Bit of Magic Realized; 3. Eighteen Thirty-Nine. 4. Invisible Images; 5. The Pencil of Nature; 6. Positives and Negatives in the New World; 7. "The Farthest Reach of the Future"; Sun Pictures; notes to the Sun Pictures; notes to the text, chronology, appendix: 1. photographic pictures, patent no. 8842, 1841; 2. "descriptionof Mr. Fox Talbot's new process photoglyphic engraving,' extracted from The Photographic News, Ocatober 22, 1858; bibliography, index, picture credits. First Edition, 1980. "Several fathers are claimed for photography, but the strongest case is that of Talbot (1800-1877). Inventor of the negative/positive process, creator of color-tinted photogaphs as early as 1834, discoverer of the latent image and of halftone reproduction, and author of the first book illustrated with photographs. Talbot was the first to write thoroughly and thoughtfully on photography, and his work is crucial to a full understanding of the evolution of photography, a seminal testament to the medium's paradoxical capacity to be at once urgently practical and an aesthetically expressive art form." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Two 1" closed tears to top edgel dj with only the slightest discoloring to edges of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with stamped lettering to front board, and gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002762
- Title
- Fox Talbot and the Invention of Photography
- Author
- Buckland, Gail
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0879233079
- ISBN 13
- 9780879233075
- Publisher
- David R. Godine, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHERS TALBOT WILLIAM HENRY FOX (1800-1877) BIOGRAPHY INVENTORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHOTOGRAPHY;
- Size
- 4to
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