[James Valentine, Photographer] Album of 12 albumen photographic views of Scotland. c1890

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Album in red pebbled cloth, edges in gilt with hand-soiling some spotting from liquid to the cloth edges are sun-faded; some fading and minor yellowing to photographs around edges; Bindings firm. Photos are attached to cardstock on hinged leaves. 12 albumen photographs mounted on boards and bound in cloth-covered, gilt-stamped album. Photographs: 13.3 by 20.3 cm (5.25 by 8 inches); boards: 17.1 by 23 cm (6.75 by x 9 inches). James Valentine was a Scottish photographer who, with his company Valentine's of Dundee, produced Scottish topographical views from the 1860s, and later became internationally famous as the producers of picture postcards. Valentine market was the national middle- and upper-class tourist market, with the production of both drawing room albums containing selections of photographs arranged geographically and individual landscape prints. Photographs, captioned in negative, depict views of country and city and include views of historical buildings and monuments as well as monuments to modern industry including Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood, Stirling Castle, Ben Lomond, the Forth and Callander bridges.

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Título

[James Valentine, Photographer] Album of 12 albumen photographic views of Scotland. c1890

Editor

Valentine, James (and his studio), Dundee, Scotland

Fecha de publicación

1890

Encuadernación

A Very Good Hardcover

Ilustrador

Photography by Valentine, James (1815-1879)

Estado

Very Good

Estado de la sobrecubierta

No Dust Jacket Issued

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• 19th CENTURY PUBLICATIONS