07-29-200607-29-2006
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2345Boston
July 29, 2006 10:00 AMCalender
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Three Early Photographic Titles

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$264$225
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM

Description:

Three Early Photographic Titles, Nathan G. Burgess, The Ambrotype Manual, A Practical Treatise on the Act of Taking Positive Photographs on Glass, Commonly Known as Ambrotypes, New York: Daniel Burgess & Co., 1856, chapters including the theory of the photographic process, parts of the camera, the treble glass process, coloring, varnishes, and other subjects, (overall foxing); Charles W. Gamble, An Introduction to the Practise of Wet Collodion Photography, London, Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd., second edition, 1902, (The Amateur Photographer Library, No. 9.),with advertisements including Newman & Guardia's Nydia Pocket Camera, the Sanderson Hand Camera, and the Warwick Trading Co. "World's Cinematograph Headquarters" Bioscope and Biokam; Edward M. Eastbrooke, The Ferrotype and How to Make It, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., second edition, 1886, and a tintype of a lady.
Estimate $250-300

Keywords

Ambrotypes, Nathan G. Burgess, Charles W. Gamble, Daniel Burgess & Co., Amateur Photographer, Nydia Pocket Camera, London, Amateur Photographer Library, Cinematograph Headquarters, Edward M. Eastbrooke, Viney Ltd., Warwick Trading Co., E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.