Lot n° 17
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DAGUERREOTYPE - Lot 17
DAGUERREOTYPE
Le Magasin Pittoresque 1833 to 1842.
Published under the direction of Edouard Charton.
10 volumes.
In-4 (29 x 20 cm). First editions of the first 10 years of this famous magazine. 420 pages per volume. Le Magasin pittoresque is a popular encyclopedia which, while not neglecting important modern discoveries, is above all concerned with reviving the past.
Volume 7 (seventh year), 1939, features the first mention of the daguerreotype (pp 374-376). The article runs to 3 pages, with 5 figures detailing the procedure.
The 10 volumes are bound in half-leather with gilded title on the spine.
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