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Title(s)
Hyperion : a romance / by Henry W. Longfellow ; illustrated with twenty-four photographs of the Rhine, Switzerland, and the Tyrol, by Francis Frith.
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Published/Created
London : Alfred William Bennett, 5, Bishopsgate Without, MDCCCLXV [1865]
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Physical Description
x, [2], 270, [2] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PS2273 .H97 1865
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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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.
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