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The origins of photography / Helmut Gernsheim.

By: Gernsheim, Helmut, 1913-1995.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: History of photography ; vol.1.Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1982Description: 280 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0500540802 .Subject(s): Photography -- History | Photography -- History -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 770.9
Contents:
The prehistory of photography -- Heliography -- The daguerrotype -- Negative/positive processes on paper -- Direct positives on paper -- Other independent inventors -- The daguerrotype in France -- The daguerrotype in America -- The daguerrotype in Great Britain, 1839-c.1857 -- The daguerrotype in German-speaking countries -- The origins of photography in Italy -- Stereoscopic daguerrotypes -- The calotype and other paper processes in Great Britain, 1841-c.1857 -- The progress of photography on paper in other countries.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

When The History of Photography by Hemut and Alison Gernsheim was first published in 1955, it immediately established itself as the standard work on the subject, described by the Financial Times as 'the most important singe historical work in the field.' The first part of this classic book was revised by Professor Gernsheim and published as The Origins of Photography (1982). Now, in The Rise of Photography, he brings the revision of his magnum opus up to 1880.

Revised and enlarged version of the first part of History of Photography, Oxford University Press, 1955.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274) and index.

The prehistory of photography -- Heliography -- The daguerrotype -- Negative/positive processes on paper -- Direct positives on paper -- Other independent inventors -- The daguerrotype in France -- The daguerrotype in America -- The daguerrotype in Great Britain, 1839-c.1857 -- The daguerrotype in German-speaking countries -- The origins of photography in Italy -- Stereoscopic daguerrotypes -- The calotype and other paper processes in Great Britain, 1841-c.1857 -- The progress of photography on paper in other countries.