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Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800-1877) English Etymologies, author's presentation copy.
London: John Murray, 1847.
First edition, octavo; inscribed by Talbot, "W.H. James, from the author, March 1847," on half-title; 16pp. of ads dated January 1847 bound after the text; bound in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine, yellow coated endpapers (scattered spotting; expertly rebacked, corners bumped); housed in a custom red clamshell box; 8 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.
This uncommon title is one of inventor & polymath Fox Talbot's many accomplishments. He best remember for his early contributions to the invention of modern photography, inventing the salted paper and calotype processes in the 1840s.
