Book review: Photographic Lenses of the 1800′s in France

[maurits]

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I did a short review of Corrado D'Agostini's book: Photographic Lenses of the 1800′s in France.

Like everything, it has some flaws. I do however really recommend it...

http://mauritsbollen.com/2012/08/book-review-photographic-lenses-of-the-1800s-in-france/

Cheers, Maurits

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[CCHarrison]

Thanks for your post. I've tried multiple times to email the author with no response....

I downloaded the Darlot pdf file thats for sale on the net, decent information.

Dan

[Jody_S]

Has anyone ever tried in inter-library loan on this? I may go down to the National Archives library here and give that a try. They've brought in some rather unusual things for me before.

Edit: never mind, Worldcat isn't giving me any hits, and no google search results for that ISBN number.

[eddie]

Thanks for your post. I've tried multiple times to email the author with no response....

I downloaded the Darlot pdf file thats for sale on the net, decent information.

Dan

Dan. I think i have the book. (do i own it maurits?). If so i could lend it to u if u like. Send me a pm or call me.

Eddie

[Two23]

OK, where do I buy the book?


Kent in SD

[maurits]

Eddie, yes you have this book... :) We bought it at the same time.

What I could do is, next time there is a big antique camera show and the author is present, just buy a couple of books and send them to Eddie. I am sure shipping 5 or 10 books to one address in the US and redistribute them from there is cheaper and easier than sending the books one by one from Europe to various addresses.

Maurits

[seawolf66]

You can add this also : Lauren

http://www.oldphotographiclenses.com/

[Steven Tribe]

Well, I have a copy of this book now, too. Still available from the very charming Corrado!

Maurits' review appears to very on-the ball, after a quick scan.
Certain not comprehensive, but very good coverage for items which have made their way into the book.

[geber01]

Can someone give me contactinformation (address, phone number) of Corrado D'Agostini? I read he has the book still available and I would like to buy it know. I tried to contact him through his website, but without response.

[Steven Tribe]

I am sure Corrado would have no problem with this:

codagos@tin.it

[CCHarrison]

He is a nice guy but his website doesnt function well sending emails. Try him direct via Steven's address above. The book can also be purchased in the US - if thats helpful - from camerabooks.com

http://www.camerabooks.com/Products/Photographic-Lenses-of-the-1800s-in-France-by-Corrado-DAgostini__PhotographicLenses1800-aps-sFRANCE.aspx


Dan

[Ron (Netherlands)]

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http://mauritsbollen.com/2012/08/book-review-photographic-lenses-of-the-1800s-in-france/
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dead link....

Just got this book in the mail; English translated 2nd Edition from 2022. I thought especially the many bad translation flaws in the first edition would have been corrected in this 2nd edition, however really nothing seems to have been done to make it any better (although I cannot compare it to the first edition since I don't have it - but I've read about its bad English translation). There are many bad sentences, and even there are many (what I guess) Italian phrases in the English sentences. There are also sentences which are sometimes double printed after each other, and many more flaws.
It really is not up to the standard of both later editions on German and English lenses, but still nice to have if you haven't much other info on the old French lens makers. Textual information is a bit scarce too compared to the other editions (and especially when compared to other - known - French editions on lenses).