[MANUSCRIPT - PHOTOGRAPHY]. DENIS, Paul (1852-1921).

[MANUSCRIPT - PHOTOGRAPHY]. DENIS, Paul (1852-1921). "Photographie." [Orsay (Seine-et-Oise), ca 1890].

8vo (189 x 151 mm). 51pp., in French, in ink; diagrams on 11 grid-lined sheets laid-in; irregularly trimmed sheet of tan tracing paper with 14 numbered figures in pencil folded and laid-in; manuscript note laid-in. Manuscript text stab-sewn into original blue wrappers.

The manuscript describes a broad range of subjects relating to 19th-century photography. All but one of the figures from the tracing paper are noted in the manuscript. The note includes a list of what should be included when setting up a chambre noir, or darkroom. Also laid-in is Denis' business card, listing his address at d'Orsay (Seine-et-Oise).

Denis was a photographer originally from Vernon (Haute-Normandie), where he practiced photography and made photographic postcards. In 2007, the city of Vernon honored him with a dedicated exhibition of his photographs and postcards, including more than 250 unpublished photographs, prints, glass negatives, stereo plates, and albums.

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