THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY;

OR THE PRODUCTION OF PICTURES THROUGH THE AGENCY OF LIGHT.

CONTAINING ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS NECESSARY FOR THE COMPLETE
PRACTICE OF THE DAGUERREAN AND PHOTOGENIC ART, BOTH ON METALIC,
PLATES AND ON PAPER.

By HENRY H. SNELLING.

ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD CUTS.

New York: PUBLISHED BY G. P. PUTNAM, 155 Broadway, 1849.


Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1849, by H. H. Snelling,
in the Clerk's office, of the District Court of the Southern District
of New York.

New York: PRINTED BY BUSTEED & McCOY, 163 Fulton Street.


TO EDWARD ANTHONY, ESQ., AN ESTEEMED FRIEND.

Whose gentlemanly deportment, liberal feelings, and strict integrity
have secured him a large circle of friends, this work is Respectfully
Dedicated By the AUTHOR.