Printed Book 'The Chemistry of Light and Photography', by Hermann Vogel, Containing Photographs, London, 1875

Hermann Vogel, The Chemistry of Light and Photography in its Application to Art, Science, and Industry (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875) (International Scientific Series). Bound in red cloth with standard International Scientific Series design. Flyleaf + frontispiece + xii (but half-title [i-ii] missing) + 288 pages + 36-page publisher's catalogue + flyleaf (stuck down), + 5 plates in addition to the frontispiece.

Contains 3 plates consisting of real photographs mounted on card, 2 of them having 2 photographs, as follows. Plate I (frontispiece), woodburytype of one of Lewis M. Rutherfurd's photographs of the moon, captioned 'Photograph of the Moon, (after Rutherford's original negative.)', signed and dated within the image (March 6, 1865); rich chocolate brown colour. Plate II, captioned 'Lichtpaus Process.', separate negative and positive prints of a line drawing of apparatus, sepia colour. Plate VI, captioned 'Effect of the Retouching of Negation.' [misprint for negative], separate 'untouched' and 'retouched' specimens, seemingly real photographs (woodburytypes or carbon prints) though they have a distinct grain under a lens, rich brown colour.