William Henry Fox Talbot
Cover and Text from "The Pencil of Nature," London, 1844
1844
Published as the world's first commercially produced book illustrated with photographs, 'The Pencil of Nature' established photography as both an art form and a means of mass communication.
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- Paper cover and unbound pages of text (approximately 12,000 words) without illustrations
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