Lot Essay
Photographers include Shepherd and Robertson (6), Dr. Simpson (9), J.A.C. Dannenberg (5), R.H. De Montgomery (1), W. Griggs (4), Johnson (1), Lieut. Tanner (7) and Captain Houghton (1).
Details
J. FORBES WATSON (Author), SHEPHERD AND ROBERTSON, DR. SIMPSON, J. C. A. DANNENBERG, W. GRIGGS and others
The Textile Manufacturers and the Costumes of The People of India, London: originally printed for the India Office, Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1867
Illustrated with nine hand-coloured composite albumen prints incorporating negatives by various photographers, printed title page, contents and illustrations list, list of 'Samples in Work showing the Textile Manufacturers of India', half calf, cloth-backed boards, titled with author's credit on upper cover and in gilt on spine, lge. 4to.
The Textile Manufacturers and the Costumes of The People of India, London: originally printed for the India Office, Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1867
Illustrated with nine hand-coloured composite albumen prints incorporating negatives by various photographers, printed title page, contents and illustrations list, list of 'Samples in Work showing the Textile Manufacturers of India', half calf, cloth-backed boards, titled with author's credit on upper cover and in gilt on spine, lge. 4to.
Literature
Gernsheim, Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 1839-1875, p. 53 no. 348.