New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1967 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-Good +. ix, 135 (4) pp, acknowledgments, list of 89 illustrations (12 in full color), introduction, 1. The Daguerreian Art and Portraiture; 2. Color Comes to the Portrait; 3. The Daguerreian Scene; 4. Miniature Case for Daguerreian Art; notes to the text, biographical notes -- artists and daguerreians, selected bibliography, index. First Edition, 1967. " This book is a comprehensive and scholarly survey of the work of those often unknown artists. Starting with a generous sampling of the most popular type -- portraits -- the authors then show that some artists were actually able to introduce color into the process, including the notable career of Levi Hill, who invented a color process, is fully covered for the first time, and there are samples of his remarkable work. The authors then show a number of landscape scenes, and include exasmples of the decoration of miniature cases." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Small chips along top and bottom edge dj with crackling around top edge of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002699
Title: American Daguerreian Art
Author: Rinhart, Floyd and Marion
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good-Very Good +
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1967
Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY THE UNITED STATES DAGUERREIAN ART PROCESS AND ART
Bookseller catalogs: PHOTOGRAPHY;
Size: 4to

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