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Lot 168
Sale 6356 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Lots Open
Jun 18, 2025
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$610
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - BOOKS]. Homes of American Statesmen. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1853. Plus.
Homes of American Statesmen: with Anecdotal, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches, by Various Writers. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1853. Notable for being the first American book illustrated with an original photograph (3 3/4 x 5 in.) which is a salt print of the Hancock House in Boston tipped in as a frontispiece. FFEP with personal inscription from W.H. Ashton to Mrs. Sarah Hancock, 1854. -- English Scenery: Ten Photogravures of English Landscape From Original Phoographs by Dr. J.I. Williams. Boston: Joseph Knight Co., [1893]. Eight of ten photogravures are present. -- Together, 2 photographically illustrated works.
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