Daguerre’s Manual (reprint) 10 copies on eBay

[Mercury]

Hello fellow daguerreians,

If you don’t have a copy of Daguerre’s original manual, and don’t have the US $30,000-50,000 for an original, there are at least 10 copies of a 1970’s limited edition reprint being offered on eBay for US $9.95 on a Buy it Now basis, not auction.

IMHO I think every daguerreotypist should have a copy of our “genesis” just to remind us how it all started. These are faithful reproductions, in French, but if you’re like me, the pictures alone are worth a second language. (And like me, if you’re trying to learn French, this is a familiar topic to read in French and put in context.) This edition was limited to 1000 copies in the mid-1970’s, so I’d guess it’s pretty scarce now.

The eBay listing number is 280432631655

Hope this helps,

Merc

p.s. I’m not the person selling them!

[Jon Lewis]

Thank you for pointing this out, my copy is on its way

[Mercury]

You’re welcome Jon…

I’ve communicated with him and he has more than 10, which he got from the original publisher, but for $9.95 plus a couple of bucks for mailing… cool!

My copy is on it’s way also.

Ken

p.s.

[shadowcatcher]

Thanks to all that ordered.

They went out in today’s mail.

I hope you enjoy this reprint.

[jgmotamedi]

There was a nice hardcover boxed deluxe version of Daguerre’s manual (not that this one isn’t nice…) published by Winter House in 1971 with an introduction by our Beaumont.

[Mercury]

Hi Jason,

Yes, that one is very nice. Many copies available on AbeBooks.com, but complete and in the slip-case, it will cost at least 5 times what Shadowcatcher’s one does. The cool thing about the Winter House edition is that it presents both Daguerre’s first edition published by Giroux in France, and the first English edition by McLean’s, London, 1839, as well as other interesting text and images. The last image in the “Introduction” section is a 1971 daguerreotype of skyscrapers in Manhattan by none other than cdags member Harvey Zucker!

The American Photographic Historical Society also put one out in 1989 for their 20th Anniversary. It was reprinted from the first English language edition published by McLean’s. It usually starts at over US $20.

My sister gave me one that she found in Paris. It was reprinted by Rumeur des Ages editions, La Rochelle, Fr. in 1982 from the Giroux “Neuvelle Edition” which Giroux noted was the “corrected version, and augmented by a portrait of the author.” This reprint’s reproduction of Grevedon’s lithograph portrait of Daguerre is very nice, high quality.

Hm. This got me thinking… I’ll write to Gary Ewer to see if he knows how many various reprints have been published, perhaps just since 1970, just to put a limit on it.

[drdag]

Mine arrived very quickly, personally I think I will hard bind mine.

[corey r]

mine got here very fast as well.

drdag, i was thinking the same. wondering how the best way is going to be since its coalated as a single signature. the spine is going to be a bit round and strange

[drdag]

I will sew and remove staples.I will then sew in 2 end leaves with a w fold on each end so that I can stick the cover to one of each of those. Then the usual card ends and some .2mm goatskin…Someone has too much time on their hands. It will be thin but should be okay if the end leaves are slightly thicker paper.

( I did a bookbinding module as part of my photography degree)

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