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Advert for "Practical Hints on the Daguerreotype" by Gustave de [sic.] Gray 
1855 
  
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LL/34424 
  
Included in "Meister Karl's Sketch-Book" by Charles G. Leland (Philadelphia, Parry & McMillan, 1855)
 
A printed list of the publications of Parry & McMillan (Philadephia) is included.
 
Daguerreotyping, (hints On).
 
Practical Hints on the Daguerreotype, with plain Directions for obtaining Photographic Pictures upon Albumenized Paper or Glass; including a Practical Treatise on Photography, with a Supplement containing tho Heledchrome Process, including the latest improvements in Fixing, Colouring and Engraving the Pictures, with a Description of the Apparatus. By Gustave De Gray, of Paris. "With many illustrations $1.00
 
"This work tells the whole story, and is so full and thorough in its details, that the book, with a few practical lessons, will abundantly qualify any man of chemical taste and quick perceptions for becoming a distinguished master of the art." American Courier.
 
"One of the best of Parry & McMillan's excellent series of publications on the useful arts. The text is abundantly illustrated by diagrams of the apparatus to be used in taking Daguerreotypes, and in obtaining photographic pictures by the calotype, energratype, &c.
 
* * * Every Daguerreotypist will find this manual an essential guide in the practice of his art." N.Y. Com. Adv.
 
"All who wish to become familiar with the Daguerreotype process should purchase this work." Sunday Mercury.
 
"This work claims the notice of every operator in the Union. The experiments are numerous and very engaging, and the illustrations are good." City Item.
 
"The present book will be found a capital manual of this very interesting subject, as it refers not only to all that is known in England and in this country, but contains also an account of the latest improvements which have been adopted in France." Arthur's Home Journal
 

 
  
 
  
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