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Photo-Illustrated Books & Photography Albums
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Homes of American Statesmen. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1854.
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Homes of American Statesmen. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1854.
Sale 2112 - Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Oct 24, 2024
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Live / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
Photo-Illustrated Books & Photography Albums
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Homes of American Statesmen. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1854.
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Homes of American Statesmen. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1854.
Large 8vo. Frontispiece with an original crystallotype photograph of John Hancock's house by J.A. Whipple. (Title-page browned.) Original dark plum cloth gilt (spine sunned, front hinge and spine panel detached from text block). Provenance: Contemporary gift inscriptions.
FIRST EDITION, of one of the first American published books to use an original photograph as an illustration.
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