TALBOT8740

1 HILLSIDE CRESCENT
EDINBURGH

August 11 1863

Dear Sir,

The alteration you propose in the Preface¹ is very small, & I have made it at once; but as the precise words are often important, I shall be glad if you will kindly take the trouble to cast your eyes over the proof once again: – to which end I have desired the printer, in order to save time which now presses hard – to send you a copy of his corrected proof straight from his office by tonight’s post.

M^r Banks² tells me that he has sent you today a tinted proof of the Guajara-plate, & the whole stock of tinted plates to me:– so that now we seem very near the end; nevertheless do not hesitate to point out any further improvement you may think proper,

& I remain Dear Sir Yours very truly
C. Piazzi Smyth

[envelope:]
H. Fox Talbot Esq^re F.R.S.
Millburn Tower
Hermiston
near Edinburgh