Photography.- Daguerre (Louis Jacques Mande).- Arago (Francois Jean Dominique) Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, vol.8, 9 and 12, Paris, Bachelier, 1839-44.

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Photography.- Daguerre (Louis Jacques Mande).- Arago (Francois Jean Dominique) Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, vol.8, 9 and 12, containing the announcements, claims and counter-claims relating to the discovery of photography by Daguerre, Fox Talbot etc., some foxing, ex-library copies with ink stamps, library cloth-backed boards with labels to spines, spines a little sunned, extremities a little rubbed, 4to, Paris, Bachelier, 1839-44. *** Important set of the official papers and announcements relating to the birth of photography, including: Arago's first announcement in January 1839 of Daguerre's process (pp.4-7); Fox Talbot's claim in a letter written at the end of January 1839 to the French Academy to priority over two aspects of Daguerre's invention; the formal announcement of the Daguerrotype process on 19th August with Arago's speech to the Chamber of Deputies reprinted in full with notes (pp.250-267).

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