A History and Handbook of Photography

Author Gaston Tissandier French

Editor John Thompson

Publisher Scovill Manufacturing Comp. American

1876

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Title: A History and Handbook of Photography
Author: Gaston Tissandier (French, 1835–1899)
Editor: John Thompson (1837–1921)
Publisher: Scovill Manufacturing Comp. (American, founded 1802)
Date: 1876
Medium: Collotype and wood engravings
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Spencer Bickerton, 1938
Object Number: 38.30.1
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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