French artist and photographer (1787-1851) recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. LS in French, signed “Daguerre,” one page, 8 x 10.25, Diorama letterhead, November 27, 1825. Untranslated letter to French theatre director and playwright René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt, the director of the Théâtre royal de l’Opéra-Comique. Guilbert de Pixerécourt had assisted Daguerre in promoting the "Diorama" and Daguerre offers him and his friends free admission. In fine condition, with light scattered spotting. Daguerre had invented the diorama, a method of projecting images with light, in 1822, and became quite successful in this pre-cinematic system of animating images. In the same year, Daguerre opened the Diorama theater in Paris to entertain the population by showing an animated landscape. An important letter related to Daguerre's great experiments in light and image.