Accession number
PML 76014
Creator
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877.
Published
London : Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1844 [i.e. 1844-1846]
Credit line
Gift; Mr. Harrison D. Horblit, 1979.
Notes
Issued in 6 pts., 29 June 1844-23 April 1846.
Plates 1 and 5 exist in 2 different images. Plate 1: in earlier copies, the building is cropped; in later copies, the building is fully visible. Plate 5: in earlier copies, the bust faces straight ahead and the print measures 12.5 x 13.5 cm.; in later copies, the bust faces to the left and the print measures 17.5 x 17 cm.
T.p. printed in red and black within border of type ornaments.
Each pt. was issued in cream paper covers, with decorated front cover lithographed in black and red; the pts. were numbered in ms. The front cover was retouched as pt. 5 was being issued: some copies of pt. 5, pt. 6, and later copies of pt. 1 have the cover in second state.
"Brief historical sketch of the invention of the art": pt. 1, p. [7]-[27].
"The first publication of photographs conjoined to a printed text."--Goldschmidt & Naef.
Plates 1 and 5 exist in 2 different images. Plate 1: in earlier copies, the building is cropped; in later copies, the building is fully visible. Plate 5: in earlier copies, the bust faces straight ahead and the print measures 12.5 x 13.5 cm.; in later copies, the bust faces to the left and the print measures 17.5 x 17 cm.
T.p. printed in red and black within border of type ornaments.
Each pt. was issued in cream paper covers, with decorated front cover lithographed in black and red; the pts. were numbered in ms. The front cover was retouched as pt. 5 was being issued: some copies of pt. 5, pt. 6, and later copies of pt. 1 have the cover in second state.
"Brief historical sketch of the invention of the art": pt. 1, p. [7]-[27].
"The first publication of photographs conjoined to a printed text."--Goldschmidt & Naef.
Description
[80] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., photographs ; 31 cm
Provenance
Harrison D. Horblit.
Classification
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