Book ID: CBB000082850

Scenes in a library: Reading the photograph in the book, 1843-1875 (1998)

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Armstrong, Carol (Author)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 1998
Physical Details: xxiv + 511 pp.; illus.; notes; index

Description Partial contents: 1: Looking forward to the 1870s: The natural method of photographic illustration. 2: A scene in a library: The first photographically illustrated book. 3: Blueprints for (and against) scientific illustration: Anna Atkin's botanical albums.


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Review Moser, S. (2000) Review of "Scenes in a library: Reading the photograph in the book, 1843-1875". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 161). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Zabelin, I. M.
Williams, M. R.
Unwin, R. W.
Stephens, W. B.
Smith, Julian A.
Schubring, Gert
Concepts
Science
Private life
Libraries and archives
Science and society
Evolution
Biographies
Time Periods
19th century
Places
British Isles
France
Italy
Institutions
Royal College of Science, South Kensington
Commission d' Exploration Scientifique d' Algérie
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