Text engl. - Incl. some single contributions, e.g. an introduction by Olaf F. Bloch; „Early associations of the Society of Arts with photography“ by Peter Le Neve Foster; „The life and personality of Fox Talbot“ (by Miss M. T. Talbot); „The origins of the Photographic Society“ (by Dudley J. Johnston); „Some early photographic processes“ (by A. J. Bull, on Talbot’s photogenic drawing process, and Archer’s wet collodion process), plus several appendices.