[The original letter has not been traced. This comes from the photographic fascimile reproduced in Tissandier;^<1> the date given there for receipt of the letter is 12 September 1877.]

Mess^rs Sampson Low & C^o

D^r Sirs -

I have not been well, which has delayed my sending you the rest of my paper - I now send the second part comprised in 13 folio's of copy -

The third part is in preparation & will complete the Appendix^<2>

Truly Y^rs
H.F. Talbot

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Notes:

1. WHFT supplied a manuscript and two original photoglyphic engravings for inclusion in John Thomson, editor, A History and Handbook of Photography, Translated from the French of Gaston Tissandier, second and revised edition, with an Appendix by the Late Henry Fox Talbot (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878). A page of the original manuscript is reproduced in Larry J Schaaf, Sun Pictures Catalogue Twelve: Talbot and Photogravure (New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr, 1987), appendix. pp. 357–367.

1. WHFT died on 17 September, without submitting a completed text for this critical third part dealing with photogravure. His son, Charles Henry Talbot, completed the text the best he could from memories of his conversations with his father and observations of his work.