SILVER IMAGES (De Luxe Edition)

Bensusan (A.D.)

Description:

History of photography in Africa.

De Luxe Edition: 146 pages, frontispiece, 44 illustrations, full dark brown leather gilt, light foxing on the half-title, title page and frontispiece, otherwise a very good copy.

Number 18 of the De Luxe Edition limited to 25 copies.

'The history of photography in Africa (with special emphasis on Southern Africa) is recorded for the first time as a result of 30 years of research by South Africa's foremost authority on photography. South Africa was the scene of many photographic beginnings. World famous figures such as the astronomers Sir John Herschel, Charles Piazzi Smyth and Sir David Gill worked at the Cape and furthered the development of photography.’ Editor’s note.

Details:

  • Publisher: Howard Timmins
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 1966
  • Edition: De Luxe Edition
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (280 x 210 mm)
  • Lot No: 117
  • Hammer Price: $132
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  • Estimate: $150/200
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