The Daguerreotype: Nineteenth-Century Technology and Modern Science

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. Softcover. Brown & illus. glossy wraps, 252 pp., many BW illus. VG. Item #147364
ISBN: 9780801864582

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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