Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype Book

Secrets of The Dark Chamber: The Art of The American Daguerreotype by Merry A Foresta and John Wood . Published by Smithsonian Press, N.M.A.A., Washington ,DC., 1995. Over 150 illustrations , some of which have never been published before. The catalog for the 1995 exhibition of the National Museum of American Art on Daguerreian photography. A very short printing and rare book now out of print. Red cloth binding with paste down illustration and gilt title, shelf wear, wrinkle to first couple pages.