New York: Viking Press, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 69pp. 80 plates. Uncut. Black cloth with blind-stamped lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. An examination of the works of this 19th century Scottish pioneer of photography (1802-1870), a contemporary of Daguerre. Distinctively illustrated with eighty full-page portraits of notables..... More