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JAMES NASMYTH AND JAMES CARPENTER
The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. London: John Murray, 1874. 4° (280 x 215mm). 24 plates, of which 13 woodburytypes, 5 photogravures, 4 autotypes and 1 coloured chromolithograph. (Occasional light marginal soiling, a few occasional scattered spots.) Original blue cloth, spine gilt, front cover with engraving in black and gold laid within gilt frame and blind-tooled borders (soiled, corners bumped and rubbed). Provenance: news clipping dated 1916 tipped-in.
FIRST EDITION, 'ONE OF THE MOST CURIOUS AND BEGUILING PHOTOBOOKS OF THE CENTURY' (The Photobook). The Photobook, p.51.
The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. London: John Murray, 1874. 4° (280 x 215mm). 24 plates, of which 13 woodburytypes, 5 photogravures, 4 autotypes and 1 coloured chromolithograph. (Occasional light marginal soiling, a few occasional scattered spots.) Original blue cloth, spine gilt, front cover with engraving in black and gold laid within gilt frame and blind-tooled borders (soiled, corners bumped and rubbed). Provenance: news clipping dated 1916 tipped-in.
FIRST EDITION, 'ONE OF THE MOST CURIOUS AND BEGUILING PHOTOBOOKS OF THE CENTURY' (The Photobook). The Photobook, p.51.
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