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Traité de l'impression photographique sans sels d'argent
French
1862
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with two photoetchings, one albumen print and several photomechanical text figures
Dimensions
Overall: 23.4 x 14.8 x 2 cm (9 3/16 x 5 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1965
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs – Illustrated books
Paris: Leiber, 1862
Catalogue Raisonné
Boni, Photographic Literature, p. 207
Description(Paris: Leiber, 1862) Octavo; [2 ll.] iv, 182 pp., plus 3 plates; modern half dark blue buckram, marbled paper boards.
Illustrated by various photomechanical processes.
First edition. Illustrated with examples of images produced by different photomechanical processes, including Gravure héliographique (from a photograph by Charles Nègre, facing p. 10), Héliophotographie (p. 59--after Charles Jacque), Gravure en relief, procédé de M. Dulos (p. 12), and Gravure photochimique (p. 9). An albumen portrait photograph of Poitevin faces p. 155. The brief introduction was written by Ernest Lacan.
Illustrated by various photomechanical processes.
First edition. Illustrated with examples of images produced by different photomechanical processes, including Gravure héliographique (from a photograph by Charles Nègre, facing p. 10), Héliophotographie (p. 59--after Charles Jacque), Gravure en relief, procédé de M. Dulos (p. 12), and Gravure photochimique (p. 9). An albumen portrait photograph of Poitevin faces p. 155. The brief introduction was written by Ernest Lacan.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; cf. Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 28, 2024)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.