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[WHIPPLE, JOHN, Photographer]. Homes of American Statesmen: With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches, by Various Writers. New York: G.P. Putnam and Co., 1854. Original sun picture (crystalotype) frontispiece of Hancock House attributed to John Whipple; and numerous woodcut illustrations from drawings and daguerreotypes by Döpler. 8vo, original green cloth, spine ends worn, upper joint torn; hinges cracked, some browning and foxing to title and frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. Goldschmidt & Wseton, The Truthful Lens, p. 27 ("The first American book illustrated with an original photograph"); Swann/Marshall 182.
The Publishers' Notice comments that "the frontispiece is somewhat of a curiosity, each copy being an original sun picture, on paper. The great luminary has here entered into direct competition with other artists in the engraving business."
The Publishers' Notice comments that "the frontispiece is somewhat of a curiosity, each copy being an original sun picture, on paper. The great luminary has here entered into direct competition with other artists in the engraving business."