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The Daguerreotype: Nineteenth-Century Technology and Modern Science
by Barger, M. Susan and William B. White
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+ (wear to spine ends; line of rubbing/discolorization to upper edge of back board. dustjacket has scratches & scuffs)
- ISBN 10
- 0874743486
- ISBN 13
- 9780874743487
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. Hardcover. VG+ (wear to spine ends; line of rubbing/discolorization to upper edge of back board. dustjacket has scratches & scuffs). grey cloth boards w/ black spine printing. 252 w/ bw illustrations. glossy grey & illustrated dustjacket w/ white printing. The authors "begin with a history of the process itself. Tracing the daguerreotype's origins and development, they proceed to discuss what researchers in this century have learned about the chemistry of the daguerreotype. They also address practical curatorial issues, describing how to restore and preserve the artifacts themselves. Richly illustrated, this survey of a fascinating and ubiquitous feature of mid-nineteenth-century life also provides a detailed technical study of the daguerreotype process." (back cover) An essential resource for historians and archivists alike.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 188860
- Title
- The Daguerreotype: Nineteenth-Century Technology and Modern Science
- Author
- Barger, M. Susan and William B. White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+ (wear to spine ends; line of rubbing/discolorization to upper edge of back board. dustjacket has scratches & scuffs)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0874743486
- ISBN 13
- 9780874743487
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore and London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Photography ; Daguerreotypes ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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