Includes: Hyperion. x, [2], 270, [1] pp. With 24 mounted albumen photographs of the Rhine, Switzerland and the Tyrol, by Francis Frith; decorative head- and tail-pieces. 9x7", publisher's decoratively embossed full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First American Edition. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. xlii, 630 pp. Photographically illustrated with mounted albumen prints by Samuel E. Poulton, additional in-text wood engravings. (8vo) 19.2x13.3 cm (7½x5¼"), finely bound by Mudie in double-ruled calf with ornately gilt-tooled spine, morocco lettering piece, raised bands, all edges marbled, blind-tooled dentelles, marbled endpapers. Hyperion is the first American work of literature to be illustrated with photographs. Printed by the Gresham Steam Press (London). BAL 12479. Poetical Works is from The "Imperial" Poets series.
Includes: Hyperion. x, [2], 270, [1] pp. With 24 mounted albumen photographs of the Rhine, Switzerland and the Tyrol, by Francis Frith; decorative head- and tail-pieces. 9x7", publisher's decoratively embossed full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First American Edition. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. xlii, 630 pp. Photographically illustrated with mounted albumen prints by Samuel E. Poulton, additional in-text wood engravings. (8vo) 19.2x13.3 cm (7½x5¼"), finely bound by Mudie in double-ruled calf with ornately gilt-tooled spine, morocco lettering piece, raised bands, all edges marbled, blind-tooled dentelles, marbled endpapers. Hyperion is the first American work of literature to be illustrated with photographs. Printed by the Gresham Steam Press (London). BAL 12479. Poetical Works is from The "Imperial" Poets series.
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