Lot Essay
The two larger photographs show the photographer on his photographic boat and camping with friends on the bank of the river.
Details
HENRY W. TAUNT, F.R.G.S.
A New Map of the River Thames, from Thames Head to London..., Oxford, Taunt & Co., 1897
Sixth edition, with ninety-six gelatin silver prints each approx. 1¼ x 2 1/8 in., these mounted on maps throughout the text, one gelatin silver print 3½ x 4½ in. and one carbon print, 3½ x 4 5/8 in., contemporary advertisements for other works by Taunt, bookplate of George C. Street inside front cover, green morocco, gilt, g.e., sm. 8vo.
A New Map of the River Thames, from Thames Head to London..., Oxford, Taunt & Co., 1897
Sixth edition, with ninety-six gelatin silver prints each approx. 1¼ x 2 1/8 in., these mounted on maps throughout the text, one gelatin silver print 3½ x 4½ in. and one carbon print, 3½ x 4 5/8 in., contemporary advertisements for other works by Taunt, bookplate of George C. Street inside front cover, green morocco, gilt, g.e., sm. 8vo.
Further details
See illustration