Frith – Longfellow, Henry W(adsworth). Hyperion. A romance. Illustrated with twelve photographs of the Rhine, Switzerland and the Tyrol by Francis Frith. (Seconde) „one Guinea“ edition. London, Alfred William Bennett 1868. Gr.-8° (23 x 19 cm.). X S., [1] Bl., 270 S., [1] Bl. mit 12 mont. Orig.-Photographien (Albuminabzüge, 16,5 x 12,5 cm.) von F. Frith und einigen Holzstichen im Text. Dunkelblauer Orig.-Leinenband mit reicher Rücken- und Deckelvergoldung und Goldschnitt.

Gernsheim, Incunabula 268. Truthful Lens 106. Wood 45/160 (mit Abb.). – Zweite mit Fotografien illustrierte Ausgabe. Erschien zuerst 1865 mit 24 Fotos. – Mit frühen fotografischen Ansichten vom Rhein, aus der Schweiz und aus Österreich. – Die Photos zeigen: Teufelsbrücke (Frontispiz), Drachenfels, Heidelberg, Birkenau (the Mill), Neckartal, Meiringen, Interlaken (the Cloisters), Innsbruck (2), Landeck, St. Wolfgang und Stuttgart (Marktplatz). – 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, first edition 1865). – Trägerkartons etwas braunfleckig, sehr gutes Exemplar.
Second edition illustrated with photographs. First published in 1865 with 24 photographs. – Featuring early photographic views of the Rhine, Switzerland and Austria. – The photographs show: Teufelsbrücke (frontispiece), Drachenfels, Heidelberg, Birkenau (the Mill), the Neckar Valley, Meiringen, Interlaken (the Cloisters), Innsbruck (2), Landeck, St. Wolfgang and Stuttgart (market square). – Francis Frith (1822–1898) was one of England’s most prolific landscape photographers and achieved lasting fame for his photographs of the Middle East. – The photo-cardboards are slightly stained with brown spots, but this is a very good copy.

• Kategorie: Photographie
• Schlagwörter: Ansichten · Ansichtenwerke · Baden-Württemberg · Illustrated books · Illustrierte Bücher · Literatur · Original-Photographie · Österreich · Schweiz
• Sprache: Englisch
• Bestellnummer: 109424BB

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