Richard Wells Antiquarian Books : A Fellow of the Chemical Society. - Beginner's Guide to Photography; Showing how to Buy a Camera and how to Use it.

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A Fellow of the Chemical Society. Beginner's Guide to Photography; Showing how to Buy a Camera and how to Use it. London. Perken, Son & Rayment. No date (1888?). Second edition, revised and enlarged.

(180 x 118). pp, 128, (12 adverts). Illustrated in black and white. Offsetting from pink printed endpapers. Printed orange cloth. Corners bumped and spine and tips rubbed. The text is followed by 34 b & w illustrations of equipment referred to and pp106-128 illustrate and list photographic equipment supplied by Perken, Son & Rayment. This is followed by further adverts from other photographic suppliers. A very well illustrated guide to the techniques and equipment of the period. Copac locates one copy of the second edition at NLS.

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£50.00