In the Getty Museum's collection are nearly two thousand daguerreotypes, including such notable examples as John Plumbe's The United States Capitol , one of the earliest known photographs of the building; an 1849 image of Edgar Allan Poe; and the documentation of the first public demonstration of ether for surgery. This beautiful book's prologue, based on document and letters, traces Daguerre's search for a way to produce a permanent and exact image of the natural world through a camera lens. A series of six essays ...
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In the Getty Museum's collection are nearly two thousand daguerreotypes, including such notable examples as John Plumbe's The United States Capitol , one of the earliest known photographs of the building; an 1849 image of Edgar Allan Poe; and the documentation of the first public demonstration of ether for surgery. This beautiful book's prologue, based on document and letters, traces Daguerre's search for a way to produce a permanent and exact image of the natural world through a camera lens. A series of six essays discloses the tremendous impact of the daguerreotype on the worlds of science and art, and includes discussion of individual daguerreotypes that amplify the essay's theme.
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Fine in fine jacket. Foreword by Deborah Gribbon. Preface by Weston Naef. Illustrated, including more than 70 plates from the J. Paul Getty collection. xv + 240 pages, 4to, green cloth, d.w. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, (1998). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
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Various Artist. New in New jacket. Book Los Angeles, 1st. ed. 1998. Hardcover with DJ. This is the catalog of some of the best Daguerreian photography that is in the J. Paul Getty collection. Filled with some of the most Beautiful Images of the time. This is a true first edition not the reprinted softcover. Why buy the cheap paper back copy, here is a true first edition and will only become rarer as time goes on. Condition: ' NEW '. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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