The Holy Bible. Tipped-in: Twenty-four fine albumen photographs by Francis Frith

Estimate

$5,000–$7,000

Hammer price

Not recorded

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Place

London

Publication

(circa 1870)

Description

With four colored maps by W. Hughes. Bookplate of “The Right Hon. Viscount Lymington…January 19th, 1877.”

summary

Period Photographs of the Holy Land Francis Frith (1822-1898) was an English photographer and publisher. After profitably liquidating his printing establishment in England in 1856, Frith made three lengthy trips to the Near East (1856, 1857 and 1858), during which he produced an accuratephotographic record of the area, utilizing three different cameras. His images are noted for their aesthetic qualities, sensitive use of light and powerful composition. See N.N. Perez, Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East (1839-1885) (1988), p. 33 (self-portrait in Turkish costume) and pp. 163-65

With the exception of a few light stains, crisp, clean copy. Marbled endpapers. aeg. Handsome blind-tooled calf, decorated brass clasps, raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Lg. 4to

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