Author: Gernsheim, Helmut (1913-1995)
Title: The origins of photography / Helmut Gernsheim
Description: London: Thames and Hudson 1982. 3rd edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good. slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description: 280 pages: illustrations; 29 cm. Notes: 3rd revised edition of the first part of The history of photography. Revised and enlarged edition 1969. 'The first part of the History appears here in a revised third edition. with a new chapter. 'The origins of photography in Italy'. by Daniela Palazzoli' -- title page verso. Includes bibliography (page 274) and index. Contents: The prehistory of photography -- Heliography -- The daguerreotype -- Negative/positive processes on paper -- Direct positives on paper -- Other independent inventors -- The daguerreotype in France -- The daguerreotype in America -- The daguerreotype in Great Britain. 1839-c. 1857 -- The daguerreotype in German-speaking countries -- The origins of photography in Italy -- Stereoscopic daguerreotypes -- The calotype and other paper processes in Great Britain. 1841-c. 1857 -- The progress of photography on paper in other countries. Subjects: Photography History. Photography History 19th century. History. Photography to 1850. History Photography. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated.

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