[SCIENTIFIC WORKS / PHOTOGRAPHY]. Brochure "Analyse succinct - Lot 117

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[SCIENTIFIC WORKS / PHOTOGRAPHY]. Brochure "Analyse succinct - Lot 117
[SCIENTIFIC WORKS / PHOTOGRAPHY]. Brochure "Analyse succincte des travaux scientifiques de M. Edmond Becquerel". 32 pp. in-4. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1850. Tears to cover, with missing corner. An annotated copy by the author, including in particular his latest work on color photography: "27 et 28. Two memoirs on the photo-chromatic impression of the solar spectrum, and the reproduction of colored images obtained in the camera obscura", concluding: "It can thus be seen that the problem of painting with light can be considered scientifically solved". At the end, Becquerel's autograph note: "Add what Mr. Arago said in 1832 about a claim Mr. Becquerel made regarding Mr. Niepce's observations [...]". Attached is a manuscript listing Edmond Becquerel's work published in the proceedings of the Académie des Sciences (title + 3 pp. folio).
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