by Borlinetto, Luigi
559 pp. early photography manual and history of photography. Octavo (8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches). Professionally rebound in new maroon cloth with gilt-stamped title label to spine. Extremely light scattered foxing spots, overall a very good, untrimmed copy. Padova: Prosperini, 1868. Luigi Borlinetti (1827-1904) was a scientist and photographer from Padova who experimented with innovative photographic processes. This scarce manual of photography opens with a chapter on the history of photography before entering into the technical aspects. Borlinetti addresses the topics of light, mirrors, lenses, the camera obscura, the cabinet obscuro, daguerrotypes, choice of photographic plates, calotypes, albumen photography, preparations, wet-plate photography, negatives, and other topics. The majority of the treatise is not illustrated, although there are 21 small engraved text illustrations.
Borlinetti also makes reference to several noted figures from the field of photography and the science of photography in Italy, including Ignazio Porro and Ottavio Baratti, who founded the magazine La Camera Obscura in 1863.
Very scarce; as of August 2024, OCLC locates a handful of copies of this manual in European libraries, but not a single copy in North America. (Inventory #: 53194)
Borlinetti also makes reference to several noted figures from the field of photography and the science of photography in Italy, including Ignazio Porro and Ottavio Baratti, who founded the magazine La Camera Obscura in 1863.
Very scarce; as of August 2024, OCLC locates a handful of copies of this manual in European libraries, but not a single copy in North America. (Inventory #: 53194)
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