Sale 21PH01 | Lot 142

[PHOTOBOOK] NASMYTH, JAMES HALL and CARPENTER, JAMES. The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite...

Catalogue: Photographs
[PHOTOBOOK]  NASMYTH, JAMES HALL and CARPENTER, JAMES. The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite...

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Lot 142
[PHOTOBOOK] NASMYTH, JAMES HALL and CARPENTER, JAMES. The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite...
London: John Murray, 1874. Stated second edition (same year, size and format as the first). Fine period red pebbled morocco, the front cover with the title and author in gilt, marbled endpapers. 11 x 8 1/2 inches (28 x 21.5 cm); xvi, 189, [1] pp. With 25 plates on 24 leaves (including frontispiece), with mounted Woodburytypes, photogravures, autotypes, and lithographs (one colored). Some light wear and soiling to binding, the half-title and ads not present in this copy, which has some minimal foxing but is overall quite fresh. Eric Quayle's copy, with his bookplate.
Important as an photographic desideratum, this work also includes some pioneering astronomical art, in the form of photographs of sculpted models of lunar features. Truthful Lens 125.


Estimate: $600 - $900
Sold for $630 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $600 - $900
Sold for $630 (includes buyer's premium)

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