Records of the dawn of photography : Talbot's notebooks P & Q / Larry J. Schaaf.

Main entry:

Schaaf, Larry J. (Larry John), 1947-

Title & Author:

Records of the dawn of photography : Talbot's notebooks P & Q / Larry J. Schaaf.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press in cooperation with the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, 1996.

Description:

xxxv, 413 pages ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-391) and index.

Summary:

"This is the first publication of the two most important notebooks created by William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77), the inventor of negative/positive photography. Henry Talbot preserved the eighteenth century tradition of the gentleman amateur scientist in the face of increasing professionalization of science and technology in the nineteenth century. He had great powers of imagination and often conceived of things well beyond his present ability to execute. Notebooks P and Q span the period from the first public announcement of photography in 1839 through the 1843 plateau of Talbot's researches. They record both his false starts and his triumphs. While the emphasis is on the new art of photography, there is substantial reference to chemistry, electricity, light, optics and railroad motive power. The notebook pages are reproduced in full, preserving the tempo and organization of Talbot's thoughts, and keeping his sketches in context. A full expanded transcription decodes Talbot's sometimes difficult hand and abbreviations. Extensive notes and scholarly apparatus interpret and establish the context of Talbot's work."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521440513 (hardback)
9780521440516 (hardback)

Subject:

Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877.
Talbot, William Henry Fox, (1800-1877) Manuscrits Fac-similés.
Talbot, William Henry Fox, (1800-1877) Oeuvres Écrits.
Photography History 19th century.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie Histoire 19e siècle.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
21.42 history of photographic art.
Photography.
Foto's.
Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
Photographie Grande-Bretagne 19e siècle.

Form/genre:

Facsimile (reproduction) manuscripts.
Manuscripts (document genre.
History.
Diaries (form)
Photography, Artistic.

Added entries:

Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877.
National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television (Great Britain)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 134245
Call No.: ID TR144.S35; ID:97-B418
Status: Available

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