TALBOT7051

Lincolns Inn ¹
30^th Oct 1854

My dear Sir,

Your letter of yesterday ² & the 14 Vol of the Philos Transactions ³ are come to hand but as one thing leads on to another I should like to have the Vol for 1840 in which Sir John Herschel’s paper ⁴ said to have been read on the 20^th Feb^y of that year is set out.

In the abstract of the proceedings of the R.S. ⁵ which I have procured Vol IV which comprises 1840, I find a paper read by him on the 5 March but none on the 20^th Feb^y –

I want also “ Robert Hunt’s Manual of Photog^{y 6}<”> 4 Edition which sets out Niepce’s ⁷ process of developing invisible images – because it is specially ref^d to in Hendersons ⁸ 9^th answer to our [illegible word]. If you do not happen to have it, I will get it at the Booksellers.

Sir Fred^k Thesiger ⁹ is not arrived but is expected tomorrow – his private residence is 11 Bryanston Square.

Grove ¹⁰ is in Town.

Ever Your’s faithfully
J. H. Bolton

W^m H. Fox Talbot Esq^r