1814 - Daguerre, L.J.M.

Daguerre, L.J.M. Daguerre’s Method for Producing Photographic Images, with a Description of the Apparatus Required Therefor. (Koizumi Sadahiro, “Considered to Be the Original Edition of ‘Inshokeibi’: A Comparison of Daguerre’s Manual Techniques”). Amsterdam, Gebroeder Dieterichs 1839. pp. 356–360. Large wood-engraved plate with 12 figures. — In: Nederlandsch Magazijn, for the dissemination of general and useful knowledge. Vol. 1839. Bound volume. Spine shows some slight wear. Old owner’s inscription on the first blank page. Some mild browning, but in very good/fine condition. “Photography was invented by Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre and introduced at the Académie Française on August 19, 1839, by Daguerre.” The above article (the first Dutch edition of the account of the invention of photography by Daguerre) was published in September 1839 in “Nederlandsch Magazijn.” This Dutch periodical was imported to Deshima and played a role in the study of Rangaku. See: Koizumi Sadahori, *Inshokeibi ni tsuite no kenkyu* (Study on the *Inshokeibi*). Tokyo, 1975. The original work was written by Sugia Gentan (1818–1889) under the pen name Osho Sanjin. It is a Japanese translation of part of a work by Daguerre. Koizumi Sadahiro, “A Comparison of the Techniques Described in *Nederlands Magazijn* and *Magasin Pittoresque* with Those in Daguerre’s Manual, and a Consideration of the First Edition of *Inshokeibi*.” (Comparison of the descriptions in *Nederlands Magazin* and *Magasin Pittoresque* with Daguerre’s manual, and a discussion of the first edition of *Inshokeibi*). Tokyo, 1977. Koizu Sadahiro, A Study on Kawamoto Komin. (Tokyo, 1978. (See “Memories of Japan, 1850–1870,” pp. 17 and 24). This is likely the first mention of photography in Japan in a Dutch newspaper, published just one month after the original French edition. This article was later used in Japan by Gentan Sugita (1818–1885) in writing his book on daguerreotype and printing. (*Shashinpo to Inshokeibi*). Publication date unknown. (See S. Moeshart, *In the Wake of the Liefde*, p. 121). – 108.