William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography (Hardcover)
William Henry Fox Talbot () was a British pioneer in photography,yet he also embraced the wider preoccupations of the Victorian AgeĀa time that saw many political,social,intellectual,technical,and industrial changes. His manuscripts,now in the archive of the British Library,reveal the connections and contrasts between his photographic innovations and his investigations into optics,mathematics,botany,archaeology,and classical studies.Drawing on TalbotĀs fascinating letters,