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218 - With dedication and signature: Post tenebras lux, Historique…
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Estimate €5,000 - €7,000
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With dedication and signature: Post tenebras lux, Historique de la Découverte Improprement nommée Daguerréotype, précédé d'une notice sur son véritable inventeur, Feu M. Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce, de Chalon-sur-Saône, par son Isidore Niépce, Paris, Astier Libraire, Août 1841. This work bears a dedication and a signature of the author Isidore Niépce "to Madame veuve de Chauveau on behalf of the author Isidore Niépce". As is. N.B by Jean-Marie PRADES : Pamphlet written by Isidore Niépce, son of Nicephore. He contested Daguerre's work and the invention of the Daguerreotype, wanting to attribute everything to his father. The controversy continues to this day. This is the only piece of writing written and published by a member of the Niépce family. It is signed by the author on the cover ("Autour d'une collection 2" Collection JMP Club Niépce Lumière, p. 10). Expert Isabelle Cazeils. Provenance: Jean-Marie PRADES Collection.
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About the sale Part One: History of photography, the collection of a lifetime
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Auction time 06/08/2026 at 9:30 AM
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