Hyperion : a romance / by Henry W. Longfellow ; illustrated with twenty-four photographs of the Rhine, Switzerland, and the Tyrol, by Francis Frith.
Published / Created:
London : Alfred William Bennett, 5, Bishopsgate Without, MDCCCLXV [1865]
Physical Description:
x, [2], 270, [2] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPS2273 .H97 1865Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
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, 268McLean, R. Victorian publishers' book-binding in cloth and leather, p. 113Masterpieces of Victoria photography, 1840-1900, 439Armstrong, C. Scenes in a library, p. 284BAC: 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:
Europe -- Description and travel -- Fiction. | Photography -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Alfred William Bennett -- Publisher. | Leighton, John -- Bookbinding designer. | Westley's -- Binder. | Beaumont, R H L C de -- Bookplate. | Gresham Steam Press -- Printer.