The birth of photography : the story of the formative years 1800-1900 / by Brian Coe
1976, 1st Edition. London: Ash and Grant. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance- written inscription from previous owner. Item #328543
ISBN: 0904069079
Physical description: 144p: ill, facsims,ports; 29cm. Notes: Bibliography p140. - Includes index. Contents: 1. The birth of photography -- 2. The first practical process -- 3. The origins of modern photography -- 4. Wet-plate photography -- 5. The gelatin dry plate -- 6. The photography of action -- 7. The first Kodak camera -- 8. The spread of popular photography -- 9. 'Likenesses produced in a few seconds ... ' -- 10. Record and reality -- 11. Depth and decoration -- 12. 'Art' photography and pictorialism -- 13. 'You press the button ... '. Subjects: Photography History. Photography History 19th century. Photobooks. Photography, Artistic. Genre: History. Illustrated. Monographs.
Price: €10.95