Henry W. Longfellow. Hyperion. A romance. Illustrated with twenty-four photographs of the Rhine, Switzerland and the Tyrol by Francis Frith. Alfred William Bennett, London, 1865.

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Description: Good + / -- Scarce. First printing of this illustrated edition. 24 photographs by Francis Frith. Gilt titles to spine and upper cover with ornate gilt decorations to upper and lower covers on blue leather bevelled boards. 5 raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Binding is firm and tight although there is a crack at the joint between the spine and the upper cover. Scuff mark at head of lower cover. Occasional tanning / spotting throughout text. No inscriptions. Not ex-library.

Seller: Somerset Books, Glastonbury, United Kingdom

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Hyperion - A romance. Alfred William Bennett, London, 1865.

Price: US$495.93 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 270 pag - with original albumine photo's of the Rhine, Switzerland and the Tyrol - some rust - back restored

Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands

Longfellow, Henry W(adsworth).. Hyperion. A romance. Illustrated with twenty-four photographs of the Rhine, Switzerland and in the Tyrol by Francis Frith.. London, Alfred William Bennett., 1865.

Price: US$551.03 + shipping

Description: Gr.-8°. X S., [1] Bl., 270 S., [1] Bl. mit 24 mont. Orig.-Photographien (Albuminabzüge) von F. Frith. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rückentitel, reicher Rücken- u. Deckelverg., Innenkantenverg. u. Goldschnitt. Gernsheim, Incunabula 268. Truthful Lens 106. Wood 45/160 (mit Abb.). - Erste mit Fotografien illustrierte Ausgabe. 1868 erschien eine zweite Auflage mit nur 12 Fotos. - Mit frühen fotografischen Ansichten vom Rhein, aus der Schweiz und aus Österreich. - Die Photos zeigen: Teufelsbrücke (Frontispiz), Drachenfels, Andernach (2), Stolzenfels, Liebenstein und Sternenfels, Heidelberg (3), Birkenau (2), Neckartal, Rohnegletscher, Meiringen, Interlaken (2), Staubbach, Innsbruck (2), Landeck, St. Gilgen, St. Wolfgang und Stuttgart (2). - Francis Frith (1822-1898) gehörte zu den produktivsten Landschaftsfotografen Englands und erfuhr bleibenden Ruhm für seine Aufnahmen aus dem Nahen Osten. - "Illustrated with 24 albumen photographs by Francis Frith of lanscapes on the Rhine, in Switzerland and in the Tyrol. The book is notable for its direct associationof landscape photographs as non-literal visual ideas of literary ideas. The 4-page preface by Frith describes his travels" (Truthful Lens). - Frith "inaugurated the first golden age of albumen-silver photographic illustration (1860-80) during which photographs of great visual strength were supplemented by supportive texts One of the most outspoken on the esthetics of photography, Frith was among the first photographers to successfully seize the opportunity of using the recently perfected glass-negative and albumen print process to establish a reputation as a master photographic book illustrator" (Truthful Lens, p. 30). - Einband teils stärker berieben, Rücken am Fuß leicht beschädigt, stellenweise leicht bis stärker stockfleckig u. etwas gebräunt, ca. 3 Tafeln stark betroffen, wenige Bl. mit Wasserrand im Außenrand, noch gutes Exemplar. Sprache: englisch.

Seller: Antiquariat Haufe & Lutz, Karlsruhe, BW, Germany