The Pencil of Nature: No. 1
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The Pencil of Nature: No. 1

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Bound volume

William Henry Fox Talbot

Maker
English, 1800–1877

The Pencil of Nature: No. 1

June 1844
Bound volume with salted paper prints
Overall (closed): 11 15/16 × 9 5/8 × 1/2 in. (30.3 × 24.5 × 1.3 cm)
Purchase, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
1974.0043.0001-0005
DescriptionNote: Due to light sensitivity, this object cannot be viewed during research appointments, loaned, or exhibited.
Inscriptions Printed and inscribed on cover, TL: No.1
Inscribed in black ink on cover, TR: 12/0
Printed on cover, C: The \ Pencil of Nature \ by \ W. Fox Talbot \ F.R.S.
Printed on cover, BC: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS. \ LONDON, 1844.
Printed on title page recto, OA: The Pencil of Nature, \ BY \ H. FOX TALBOT, Esq., F.R.S. ["William Henry" inscribed in pencil] \ & etc. etc. etc. \ JUVAT IRE JUGIS QUA NULLA PRIORUM \ CASTE ALIAM MOLLI DEVERTITUR ORBITA CLIVO. \ LONDON: \ LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS, \ PATERNOSTERO. \ 1844
Printed on title page verso, BC: J. AND H. COX, BROTHERS, (LATE COX & SONS,) \ PRINTERS TO THE HONOURABLE EAST-INDIA COMPANY \ 74 AND 75, GREAT QUEEN-STREET.
Inscribed in black ink on back cover, TR: 28294
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