Journal de la littérature et des beaux-arts, 2e série, tome 2. Paris, 1839,2eme SÉRIE, TOME 2, 1839,nov. 1838 - avr. 1839. Paris: Bureaux de l’Artiste, 1839. First edition. 4to.contient Jules Janin, « Le Daguerotype »p 145 à 148,Georges Sand le dernier sauvage roman, etc,texte à 2 colonnes .IN FOLIO demi basane à coins,dos lisse romantique orné,tranches marbrées,366p.,33 lithographies et eaux fortes ht reliées in fine avec rousseurs,texte frais ,rare complet.
Jules Gabriel Janin (1804 - 1874) a French writer and critic, published a series of reviews of the newly announced daguerreian process in L’ARTISTE p116 Daguère. Apparently, having attended Arago’s official announcement of the process on 19 August, Janin and others were left confused at the complexity of the daguerreian process. Having read Janin’s critique in the August 25 issue of L’ARTISTE, Daguerre called upon him to witness a demonstration of the process at his studio; at this point, only a very few had had such an opportunity. Daguerre started with polishing the plate and moved through all the steps to prepare for the exposure. The camera had been readied and focused on a view out of the window. After a six minute exposure, the plate was “developed” under the mercury vapors, fixed and washed. Upon viewing the finished plate, Janin commented, “The view looks as if it had been drawn by the hand of the fairy queen Mab.” Janin expressed his regret that Daguerre had not demonstrated his procedureon 19 August, for it would have shown that it was not too complicated, as Arago had made it appear. This review in the 1 September 1839 issue of L’ARTISTE recounts the demonstration. Also see: Gernsheim,Helmut. L.J.M. DAGUERRE: THE HISTORY OF THE DIORAMA AND THE DAGUERREOTYPE, p. 102 - 103.Premier article paru sur l'invention du "Daguerréotype" extrait de la revue "L'Artiste" en 1839. Daguerre découvre ce procédé en 1835. Après des années de perfectionnement, il présente sa découverte à l'Académie des Sciences le 9 janvier 1839. Le brevet de Daguerre est acquis par le gouvernement français, ce qui permet à l'Académie, en publiant les détails du procédé le 19 août 1839, d'en doter libéralement le monde entier.
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