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Lot 70
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
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Nov 12, 2020
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Nov 13, 2020
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EDWARDS, Ernest (1837-1903)], photographer. Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science, and Art, with Biographical Memoirs. Lovell Reeve, editor. Vol.I-II: London: Lovell Reeve & Co., 1863, 1864; Vol.III-V: London: Alfred William Bennett, 1865, 1866.
5 (of 6, lacking volume VI) volumes, 8vo (225 x 172 mm). Numerous tipped-in albumen prints including portraits of Thackery, Burton, Dickens, and Darwin. (Slight spotting to a few prints, vol.III partially disbound.) Publisher’s red cloth gilt, top edge gilt (chipping to endpapers, a few hinges starting or loose to a few volumes, slight rubbing to spine ends). Provenance: Mercantile Library of New York (library stamps).
FIRST EDITION of Edwards’ portraits of notable Victorian figures with accompanying biographical sketches.