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"Notable for being the first American book illustrated with an original photograph, which is a salt print of the Hancock House in Boston tipped in as a frontispiece. Pencil inscription under photograph stating 'Hancock House Boston, An Original Sun Picture.'"--AbeBooks, via WWW,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York : London :
G.P. Putnam and Co. ; S. Low, Son and Co.,
MDCCCLIV [1854]
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| Series: | Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Photography: The World through the Lens.
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"Notable for being the first American book illustrated with an original photograph, which is a salt print of the Hancock House in Boston tipped in as a frontispiece. Pencil inscription under photograph stating 'Hancock House Boston, An Original Sun Picture.'"--AbeBooks, via WWW, Feb. 13, 2013 Blind stamp: "Whipple's Patent Crystalotype Washington St. Boston." "Most of the illustrations in this volume have been engraved from original drawings, or daguerreotypes taken for the purpose."--Page iv |
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| Item Description: |
Added title page, engraved. "John F. Trow, Printer & Stereotyper, 49 Ann-street"--Title page verso |
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2 preliminary leaves, [iii]-viii, 469 pages : frontispiece (mounted photograph) illustrations, plates, facsimiles (some folded) ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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United States -- New York -- New York. Great Britain -- England -- London. |