Scott with original photographs by Thomas Annan
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Beskrivning
PHOTOGRAPHS BY THOMAS ANNAN 1866. SCOTT, Walter. Marmion, A Tale of Flooden Field. London, A. W. Bennet, 1866.
Small quarto (200 x 170 mm. Title, contents, list of illustrations, 206, (2) pp & 15 tipped-in albumen photographs (size c. 80x85 mm).
Original brown blindpressed cloth with title and decorations in gilt at the front, back and spine. Gilt edges.
An early example of a book illustrated with tipped in photographs. Sir Walter Scott´s famous
poem Marmion was first published in 1808 and remained very popular throughout the 19th century. The photographs were executed by the Glasgow photographer Thomas Annan.
Scarce edition.
Konditionsrapport
Binding worn and damaged, especially the spine, partly loose in binding.
Auktionsnummer:
514045
Datum:
2018-01-19