Historique et description des procédés du daguerréotype et du diorama. Nouvelle édition, corrigée, et augmentée du portrait de l'auteur.

8vo: [6, incl. front.]-76 pp.; 6 pl. (some spotting and soiling on the margins, more obtrusive on (half) title and front. front. affected by a tiny tear).

Contemp. quarter purple shagreen, gilt-orn. spine with 4 raised bands (some sm. def. and rubbings).

Second edition of this extraordinary successful manual, attested by the 39 editions, reprints or translations which succeeded one another in no less than 18 months. It contains Arago's report of July 3, 1839 and that of Gay-Lussac of July 30, as well as Niépce's notice on heliogravure. Daguerre reveals the secret of his methods and gives the procedure to follow for the realization of his process acquired by the State. He thus discharged the obligation to make it public. "Véritable seconde édition sortie des presses de Félix Malteste qui a suivi assez scrupuleusement le texte de la première édition. Il n'en existe qu'une seule émission." (Jammes).
Ref. Printing and the Mind of Man 318b. - Jammes, La Photographie II, Sotheby's, 2002, n° 15. - BnF.
Bound with: 1. Gaudin, M.A.; Lerebours, N.-M. P. - Derniers perfectionnements apportés au dagguerréotype. Paris, N.P. Lerebours, etc., novembre 1841. 47 pp.; 1 pl. (without the advertory pp. 49-56, pl. browned). Discussing the underlying theory of the photographic process, and the numerous practical methods of the day. While largely dealing with the daguerreotype, there are sections on the galvanographic process of printing daguerreotypes, with a compilation of writings by the inventors or practitioners themselves. The list reads as an European directory of the most famous practitioners of the period, and the gravure process of Fizeau. Ref. BnF. - 2. Chevalier, Ch. - Nouveaux renseignemens sur l'usage du daguerréotype. Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1846. 56 pp.; 1 pl. (heavily browned). Ref. BnF. - 3. Aubrée, Ch. - Traité pratique de photographie sur papier, sur verre et sur plaques métalliques. Paris, Wulff et Ce, Germer Baillière, Garnier frères; Marseille, Camoin; Lyon, Durand; Bordeaux, Bonnet, 1851. viii-112 pp. Ref. BnF. - 4. Documents relatifs au coton détonnant. Paris, J. Corréard, 1847. 83 pp. (spotting). Ref. BnF. - 5. Louyet, M. - Notice sur un nouveau mode de dorage des métaux, par voie humide et courant voltaïque. 16 pp. (ms. annotation at the end). Ref. Opac KBR.