216 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, orange-brown cloth, green endpapers, 216 glossy pages, bibliography, index, 140 calotypes listed and described, 155 duotone (b/w) plates, 8 plates in color. ; Amazing collection of calotypes (early photos) by photography pioneers of France and Great Britain. ; Authored by Richard Brettell, with essays by Roy Flukinger, Nancy Keeler, Sydney Mallett Kilgore. ; Small bookshop label (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) on front endpaper, otherwise book is pristine, no marks or defects. Jacket shows only a touch of wear at crown. ; Laid in: large 15-page promotional booklet from same exhibition, 1982.