Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882, Hyperion , MDCCCLXV [1865]
- Title(s):
- Hyperion : a romance / by Henry W. Longfellow ; illustrated with twenty-four photographs of the Rhine, Switzerland, and the Tyrol, by Francis Frith.
- Published/Created:
- London : Alfred William Bennett, 5, Bishopsgate Without, MDCCCLXV [1865]
- Physical Description:
- x, [2], 270, [2] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsPS2273 .H97 1865Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6146547
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Printed by Gresham Steam Press.
The plates are mounted photographs (albumen prints) with letterpress captions each with a tissue guard.
Title-page printed in blue and red within double rule border.
Gernsheim, H. Incunabula of British photographic literature, 268
McLean, R. Victorian publishers' book-binding in cloth and leather, p. 113
Masterpieces of Victoria photography, 1840-1900, 439
Armstrong, C. Scenes in a library, p. 284
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's gilt- and blind-stamped red cloth, with gilt edges. Binding signed: JL [John Leighton]. Binder's label: Bound by Westleys. Bookplate: R H L C de Beaumont. - Subject Terms:
- Alfred William Bennett -- Publisher.Beaumont, R H L C de -- Bookplate.Europe -- Description and travel -- Fiction.Gresham Steam Press -- Printer.Leighton, John -- Bookbinding designer.Photography -- Great Britain -- 19th century.Westley's -- Binder.
- Form/Genre:
- Photographs.
Albumen prints. - Export:
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