What was the first book about photography, or history of photography ever written?

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This info is from "The Amateur Photographer's Handbook," by Aaron Sussman (1973, 8th revised edition) by Thomas Y. Crowell Co. , Inc.

, (first edition copyright 1941. ) "In the year 1267, the illutrious Roger Bacon described, in rather vauge terms, an instument that used a mirror for viewing pictures that 'may' have been the first 'precamera. ' But it isn't until we come to that man of wonder, Leonardo da Vinci, in the early years of the 16th century, that we find an exact and full account of what we know today as the 'camera obscura.' Leonardo, in his famous 'Notebooks',* showed a working diagram of the camera, explained how to operate it, but did not claim it as his own.

For no other reason than that he was the first to popularize its use (he neither thought it up nor invented it), history seems to have thrust the honor of being the "inventer of the camera" on a precocious young Neapolitan, a write of popular reference works, named John Baptista Porta. Porta was a sort of H.G.Wells of the 16th century.In 1553, when he was only 15, he publiushed a work called 'Natural Magic,'..." *A fine English translation by Edward Macurdy was published by Reynal and It is currently (as of 1973) available from George Braziller, Publisher, 1 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.10016.

Looking for a book titled a short course in canon s5is photography.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.