WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800-1877)
The Pencil of Nature
London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1844. 11 salted paper prints from calotype negatives; Parts I (plates I-V), III (plates XIII-XV) and IV (plates XV-XVIII), each with accompanying letterpress page, each with plate number '1-5' and '13-18 in ink (on the mount); each accompanied by letterpress description; varying sizes from 6¼ x 7 7/8in. (15.8 x 20cm.) to 5 1/8 x 5in. (23 x 22.8cm.); inscribed 'E.R. Pratt Rebound 1890' in ink (on the flyleaf); 'Notice' pasted to reverse of mount (Plate XIII); Part I with 'Introductory Remarks' and 'A Brief Historical Sketch of the Invention of the Art'; bound in a large 4to. volume, with stamped gilt title 'Sun Pictures, F. [sic] Fox Talbot, 1844' (on the spine)
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800-1877)
The Pencil of Nature
London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1844. 11 salted paper prints from calotype negatives; Parts I (plates I-V), III (plates XIII-XV) and IV (plates XV-XVIII), each with accompanying letterpress page, each with plate number '1-5' and '13-18 in ink (on the mount); each accompanied by letterpress description; varying sizes from 6¼ x 7 7/8in. (15.8 x 20cm.) to 5 1/8 x 5in. (23 x 22.8cm.); inscribed 'E.R. Pratt Rebound 1890' in ink (on the flyleaf); 'Notice' pasted to reverse of mount (Plate XIII); Part I with 'Introductory Remarks' and 'A Brief Historical Sketch of the Invention of the Art'; bound in a large 4to. volume, with stamped gilt title 'Sun Pictures, F. [sic] Fox Talbot, 1844' (on the spine)
