8 books for « daguerreotype »Edit

‎Fixation des images qui se forment au foyer d'une chambre obscure. (Seance du Lundi 7 Janvier 1839). (+) Le Daguerréotype. (Seance du Lundi 19 Aout 1839).‎

‎Paris, Bachelier, 1839. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome VIII (No.1)+ IX, (No. 8) Entire issues offered with htitles and titlepages to both volumes. Pp. 1-36 + Pp. 249-282 and 1 lithographed plate. The papers: pp. 4-7 and pp. 250-267. A faint stamp to top of titlepages. A few brownspots to titlepages.‎

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‎First Edition of the official and complete report of the invention of the ""daguerreotype"", the photographic process invented by Louis Daguerre. Together with the preliminary report of the invention (OF JANUARY 7). The presentation by Arago preceeded Daguerre's own publication ""Historique de description des procédés du daguerreotype et du diorama"", (1839). ""When the attempt to exploit the process of daguerreotype was unsuccessfull, Daguerre and Nièpce decided to offer their method to the government. Daguerre approached Francois Jean Arago, to whom he imparted, under the seal of secrecy his processes and those of Nicéphore Niépce. It was fortunate that Arago possessed such a great insight into the invention, which he received enthusiastically. He reported the invention of the daguerretype to the Academy of Sciences on January 7, 1839. The secrecy, however, was not observed very carefully, for the ""Gazette de France"" published a note abouit it on January 6, 1839, although without printing any details.""(Eder ""History of Photography"").‎

‎Le Daguerréotype. (Seance du Lundi 19 Aout 1839). (+ Daguerre:) Des procédés photogéniques comme moyens de gravure - Lettre de M. Daguerre à M. Arago. (Séance du Lundi 20 Septembre 1839).‎

‎(Paris, Bachelier), 1839. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome IX, No. 8 a. 14. Pp. (249-) 282 a. pp. (417-) 436. Arago's rapport: Pp. 250-267 - Daguerre's letter: pp. 423-429. Both issues clean and fine.‎

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‎First printing of the first official and complete report of the invention of the ""daguerreotype"", the photographic process invented by Louis Daguerre. The presentation by Arago preceeded Daguerre's own publication ""Historique de description des procédés du daguerreotype et du diorama"", (1839). Together with Daguerre's letter to Arago in which he relates the process of heliography and describes his contract with Niépce to exploit the heliogrphis process. The Heliogravure was invented by Niépce ‎

‎On the Process of Daguerreotype, and its application to taking Portraits from the Life.‎

‎London, Richard and John Taylor, 1840. Contemp. hcalf. A nic to spine at upper hinge. Hinges weakening (not loose). Gilt lettering to spine ""Philosophical Magazine"" - Vol.XVII. In: ""The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. Conducted by David Brewster et al."". Vol. XVII. A stamp to titlepage and a few other pages. Entire volume offered. VIII,552 pp. Draper'spaper: pp. 217-225.‎

‎First printing of the famous paper in which Draper relates how he was able to made the first photographic portrait on a daguerreotype plate, giving an ennormously long exposure. The subject of the portrait, Draper's assistant, powdered his face with flour and sat in front of the camera for a half hour facing the sunlight.Draper stated that it is possible to make portraits in full sunlight, using mirrors as light reflectors. ""But in the reflected sunshine, the eye cannot support the effulgence of the rays. It is therefore necessary to pass them through some blue medium, which shall abstract from them their heat and take away their offensive brilliancy. Ihave used for this purpose blue glass, and also ammoniaco-sulphate of copper, contained in a large trough of plate glass, the interstice being about an inch thick."" (p. 217 in the paper offerd).""Draper first achieved wide celebrity for his pioneering work in photography. As early as 1837, while still in Virginia, he had followed the example of Wedgwood and Davy in making temporary copies of objects by the action of light on sensitized surfaces. When the details of Daguerre’s process for fixing camera images were published in various New York newspapers on 20 September 1839, Draper was ready for the greatest remaining challenge, to take a photographic portrait. A New York mechanic, Alexander S. Wolcott, apparently won the race by 7 October. But if Draper knew of this, he persisted in his own experiments and succeeded in taking a portrait not later than December 1839. His communication to the Philosophical Magazine, dated 31 March 1840, was the first report received in Europe of any photographer’s success in portraiture. The superb likeness of his sister Dorothy Catharine, taken not later than July 1840, with an exposure of sixty-five seconds, seems to be the oldest surviving photographic portrait.""(DSB).The volume contains also Michael Faraday's importent letter to Gay-Lussac on induction in the first English version. ""On Magneto-electric induction."", pp. 281-89 a. pp.356-366. (Originally published in French in ""Annales de Chimie et Physique"" in 1832.‎

‎Le Magasin Pittoresque. 1839. Publié sous la direction de M. Edouard Charton…‎

‎P., 1839. In 4 demi-chagrin dos lisse orné, plats percaline. (4)-412 pp.‎

‎Une des premières descriptions du Daguerréotype occupe les pp. 374 à 376 de ce volume. Il est illustré de 5 figures. [Voir Lécuyer, Histoire de la Photographie, p. 435].‎

‎Daguerrotype - Daguerreotype. Portrait of a young woman wearing long gloves.‎

‎6. Portrait of a young woman wearing long gloves, encased, kept in a contemporary tooled leather holder, inside with red velvet lining, gilt ondulating frame. Ca. 1850. Holder size 95 x 78 mm.‎

‎Le Petit Daguerréotype ou une fête par mois.‎

‎"10. Paris, (imprimerie Firmin Didot), s.d. ( 1840), in-48°, 70 x 50 mm , 96 pp, with 12 full page illustrations. No title page ( as published). Publisher's cased binding in glazed paper with embossed gilt decoration on the front cover. Binding a bit dustsoiled but still a good copy. Very rare Christmas gift book ( livre d'étrennes ) published barely a year after the invention of the daguerrotype photograph. OCLC lists only two copies, with incomplete descriptions. The publication of this book is described in the bibliography of F. Denis '' Nouveau Manuel de bibliographie universelle'' , vol. 2 pp. 446. ( published in Paris by Encyclopédie Roret in 1857) ; and also in Emile Bellier de la Chavignerie '' Manuel bibliographique du Photographe Français '' item 10 on page 6 (published in Paris by A. Aubry in 1863).."‎

‎Le Magasin pittoresque. 7ème année‎

‎Paris, Aux Bureau d'Abonnement et de Vente, 1839 ; 4°,demi-reliure en veau havane, dos orné de filets dorés, 412 p., index, table des matières. Nombreuses reproductions.‎

‎Exemplaire très frais. Contient pp 374,375, 276 : Article sur la photographie ou le daguérréotype avec 5 figures.‎

‎Gravures en taille-douce par Chamouin.‎

‎Paris Chamouin (vers 1840) In-4 oblong, demi-veau noir, plats de papier chagriné noir ornés d'un décor romantique poussé or et à froid, dos sans nerfs orné de fers romantiques poussés or; doublures et gardes de papier crème, non rogné (reliure de l'époque).Bel exemplaire de cet ouvrage qui réunit 28 planches hors texte des principaux monuments de Paris, qui ont été gravées sur acier d'après des daguerréotypes. Exemplaire presque sans rousseurs et en reliure de l'époque.‎