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Scotland: Her Songs and Scenery. As Sung by Her Bards, and Seen in the Camera. |
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Photographs by Stephen Thompson and P. Ewing |
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Various Authors (Robert Burns, Thomas Campbell & Others…. |
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| Publisher: |
A.W. Bennett, London |
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| Date, Edition: |
1868, Edition not stated |
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| Pages: |
192 pages |
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| Dust Jacket: |
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| Cover: |
Gilt embossed illustration on green cloth with beveled boards with rubbing at edges/corners, light rubbing overall, head/tail of spine bumped, gilt page edges, overall a bright clean copy. |
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| Interior: |
Sharp & clean throughout, pages show light aging, tipped in albumen prints medium to rich tonality but sharp and clean with mount pages showing rippling along edges, tissue for frontis present but dethatched, previous owner's name & inscription on 2d free endpaper. |
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| Size: |
8 x 6 3/8 inches |
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| ISBN or LCCN: |
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| Description: |
Beautiful collection of English verse featuring tipped in albumen photographs by Stephen Thompson and Peter Ewing. Only one edition is noted in Gernsheim listed with 14 photographs. Based on the list of photographs at the front, 10 images are by Thompson and 4 are by Ewing. |
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Stephen Thompson (1831-1892), London photographer; traveler and photographer for the British Museum; author; lecturer and art critic |
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Peter Ewing started out as a woolen-weaver in 1851 eventually becoming a bookseller & stationary dealer in Kinross then later at Callander, Scotland. During this time, he was also active as a photographer participating in the salons of the Royal Photographic Society in the 1860s. His son, also named Peter, was a noted naturalist. |
