LIFE PORTRAITS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE: A history of the various reprenstations of the poet, with an examination into their authenticity. Illustrated by photographs of the most authentic portraits, and with views, etc. by Cundall, Downes, & Co.
London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1864. First edition. Small 4to., xii, 120 pp., 8 leaves of albumen photographs, and a miniature albumen photograph mounted on the title page. Publisher's gilt decorated cloth over bevelled boards, a.e.g. The leaf with the albumen frontispiece is detached and laid-in. Scattered light foxing to the text, not affecting the albumen photographs. Item #54223
The miniature photograph on the title page is from an artist's rendition, as are five other plates; the three remaining plates are views of Shakspeare's House; Ann Hathawy's Cottage; The Chancel of Trinity Church.
Gernshiem - Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 1839 - 1875, Number 229. OCLC locates only two copies in North America; Huntington Library, and Brigham Young University.
Price: $150.00