Paris: L. Hachette et Cie, [1861]. First edition. Board portfolio. Oblong folio (36 by 55 cm). Tinted lithographic title; letterpress title; table; 15 unnumbered leaves of plate descriptions; 82 plates, numbered 1 - 82: 7 salted paper prints from calotypes, 3 chromolithographs, 43 lithographs (tinted or monochrome; 19 after photographs;..... More

[Rome]: NP, [1887]. Original photograph. Framed. A three-part panoramic albumen print of the ruins of the Temple of Saturn* (Roman Forum, Rome), mounted on board and framed in a contemporary oak frame. The splendid image was made in 1887, and is attributed to Italian photographer Domenico Anderson (1854-1938).** A similar..... More

NP: Napoléon Sarony, [1882]. Framed. Fine photo-mechanical image of Oscar Wilde after the original by photographer Napoléon Sarony (1821-1896). With brief inscription signed Oscar Wilde. Photo and note framed behind glass within larger frame (19 5/8 12 5/8"). Portrait of Oscar Wilde (7 x 5") in decorative gilt frame: Frontal..... More

Paris: Imprimerie et Librairie de Madame Veuve Bouchard-Huzard, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. 1/50. Quarto. viii, 118, [2]pp. Period red pebbled leather with gilt ruling on the covers. Spine with gilt ruling and lettering, and raised bands. Top edge in gilt.Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Red ribbon marker. This is one of 50..... More

Paris: J. Claye, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [4]pp (text), [5]pp (plates), 54pp (text), [54]pp (plates). Original half morocco over blind-stamped cloth with black-stamped lettering on spine. Raised bands. Decorative endpapers. Imperial Coat of arms on title page. Striking collation of 54 albumen prints depicting French emperor Napoleon III's impressive..... More

Glasgow: Andrew Duthie, [1865]. Hardcover. Quarto. 125pp. (interleaved with 12 photographic plates). Original period green buckram boards with gilt lettering, decorative tooling and ruling on the covers. Beveled edges. Edges of book block in gilt. Brown endpapers. Photographic frontispiece. Gilt stamp of Glasgow bookseller McPhail on the interior front cover..... More

Berlin-Schöneberg: Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto (9 1/2 x 13 1/2"). [2] leaves (Title and Dedication); [1] leaf (Photogravure portrait of German field marshal Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee, after a photograph by J. C. Schaarwächter); 70pp (Photogravures); 1 folding map of Beijing..... More

Paris: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie. Librairie Internationale, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (3 leaves), 71 (4)pp. 22 plates with full page Albumen prints, including frontispiece, 2 in-text prints, 1 on title page, 1 b/w map. Original pebbled blue cloth with gilt-framed, gilt-illustrated cover and spine, both with gilt lettering..... More

Deuben: Gemeinderat zu Deuben, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. (1) 21 plates. Original black leather with debossed ruling and gilt-stamped lettering and wave molding on cover. Gilt edges and decorative gilt-stamped endpapers. Printed dedication page, with decorative ruling, reads: "In thankful recognition of the great emergency relief efforts on..... More

Lausanne: Georges Bridel Éditeur, (1888-1889). First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated [8] 10pp. & 10 plates per vol. Original gray wraps with black lettering on covers. Rare and fascinating early photographic work on Palestine, profusely illustrated with 100 phototypes reproduced by F. Thévoz in Geneva. Each print facing a...... More