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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
An early photographic treatise by Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851) entitled, Historique et Description des Procédés du Daguerréotype et du Diorama, Nouvelle édition, corrigée, et augmentée du portrait de l’auteur, Paris, 1839. This second edition of, ‘The History and Description of Processes of the Daguerreotype and of the Diorama’, corrected and augmented with a mezzotint portrait of the author (Daguerre), was published by Alphonse Giroux and Co. in Paris, 1839

Historique et Description des Procédés du Daguerréotype et du Diorama

1839
Wooden shutter from Daguerreotype camera 17 x 8.5 cm board 9m thick with two 2 1/2mm brass wires at end.

Wooden Shutter from Daguerreotype Camera

Early photographs: daguerreotype of Madame Daguerre. (Louise Seorgina) taken by her husband at Bry, c. 1845, according to Gernsheim. May possibly be by Claudet.

Early Daguerreotype of Madame Daguerre

1845
Book: "History and Practice of Photogenic Drawing on the true principles of the Daguerreotype", by L.J.M. Daguerre, 1839. (first English translation by Memes from the French; 3rd edition).

History and Practice of Photogenic Drawing on the true principles of the Daguerreotype