History of Photography
The first volume, published in 1989, was reviewed in Reference and Research Book News, February 1990. Volume 2 lists 5,253 publications under some 2,500 alphabetically arranged subject headings and subheadings. The concept "photography" is employed in the broadest possible sense, including such peripheral areas as silhouettes, optics, and radiology, as well as processes, aesthetics, apparatus, chemicals, biographies, photographers, inventors, and so on. Publications include books, exhibition catalogues, dissertations, brochures, university publications, offprints from photographic and non-photographic periodicals, company literature.... The index refers to both volumes. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR