VALICOURT, E. deNew Complete Manual of Photography on Metal, Paper and Glass. Containing all the Discoveries of Messrs. Niepce and Daguerre, F. Talbot, Herschell, Hunt, Blanquart-Evrard, Niepce de St-Victor, Fizeau, Clauder, Baron Gros, Humbert de Molard, Legray, etc., etc. As well as the improvements that have been made to it, preceded by a historical and critical summary on the Origin and progress of Photography, by E. de Valicourt. New edition, entirely reworked, decorated with figures, and updated with the most recent improvements. At the Librairie Encyclopédique Roret , Paris, 1851 .In-16 (14 x 9 cm). Original edition. 368 pp. Half leather binding with 4 nerves. Gilt title on the spine. The folding plate at the end of the book is incomplete. P ublished 3 years after the original edition, this book is mainly concerned with the daguerreotype (technique used by Valicourt himself), as well as with all the photographic techniques of the time [with complete descriptions of the cameras, chemicals, plates (including the daguerreotype) and the different paper processes used: collodion, albumin and gelatin, etc. but also photomechanical techniques]. Valicourt also discusses the discoveries of Messrs. Niepce and Daguerre, F. Talbot, Herschell, Hunt, Blanquart-Evrard, Niepce de St-Victor, Fizeau, Clauder, Baron Gros, Humbert de Molard, Legray, etc.