Longfellow's Hyperion, Albumen Photographs

WITH 24 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RHINE, SWITZERLAND,
AND THE TYROL

LONGFELLOW, Henry W. HYPERION: A ROMANCE. ILLUSTRATED WITH TWENTY- FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RHINE, SWITZERLAND, AND THE TYROL, BY FRANCIS FRITH. London: Alfred William Bennett, 1865. First edition. xii + 270 pp. Small 4to., red morocco stamped in gilt, raised bands, a.e.g. Some wear and darkening to spine and front board. Leather supple. Red marbled endpapers. Lovely period binding by R. & A. Suttaby, London. Ink ownership to top of p. 1. Complete. Interior clean and tight, photographs in excellent condition. The first American novel to be illustrated with photographs (British edition published three years earlier). Truthful Lens #106, Gernsheim Incunabula #268. $850.00 #84790 inquire or order