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William Henry Fox Talbot

The Process of Talbotype (formerly called Calotype) Photogenic Drawing

Communicated to the Royal Society, June 10, 1841
Four pages of unbound text (approximately 2500 words), printed by J. & H. Cox Brothers
22.5 × 18 cm (8.9 × 7.1 in)

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