Historique et Description des procédés du Daguerréotype et du Diorama
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
(French, 1787–1851)
Nicéphore Niépce
(French, 1765–1833)
François Arago
(French, 1786–1853)
Alphonse Giroux
(French, active 1811–1857)
1839
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with six lithographs
DimensionsOverall: 21.5 x 13.8 x 1.2 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberKBR1172
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPhotographs
Collections
Paris: Alphonse Giroux et Cie, 1839
ProvenanceMax Harrwitz, Buchhandlung & Antiquariat, Berlin (label on back of original wrapper); Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900, first MFA print curator), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre