PHOTOGRAPHIC LITERATURE & FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
Catalogue Information: 421 lots | 315 with images | View lots
Date: 08 December 2009
Auction House:
Location:
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY
USA
10010
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing Notes:
Exhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2199 - Photographic Literature & Fine Photographs - begins at 10:30am in New York on Tues, Dec 8. All material in Sale 2199 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Thurs, Dec 3: 10am to 6pm - Fri, Dec 4: 10am to 6pm - Sat, Dec 5: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Dec 7: 10am to 6pm - No exhibition on day of sale.
Lot 1: (INDIA.) Tree & Serpent Worship: Or, Illustrations of Mythology and Art in India.
(INDIA.) Tree & Serpent Worship: Or, Illustrations of Mythology and Art in India. By James Fergusson. Illustrated with 57 mounted albumen prints (2 are double-page) and maps and drawings of Indian architecture, landscape, and ancient treasures. T [...more]
Lot 2: FRITH, FRANCIS. Egypt Nubia and Ethiopia, Illustrated with One Hundred Stereoscopic Photographs.
FRITH, FRANCIS. Egypt Nubia and Ethiopia, Illustrated with One Hundred Stereoscopic Photographs. With 100 albumen stereoviews by Frith, descriptions and numerous woodcut engravings by Joseph Bonomi, and notes by Samuel Sharpe. 4to, elaborate gilt- [...more]
Lot 3: (PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED.) On the Production of Photographs in Pigments: Containing Historical Notes
(PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED.) On the Production of Photographs in Pigments: Containing Historical Notes on Carbon Printing, and Practical Details of Swan's Patent Carbon Process. By G. Wharton Simpson. With a mounted carbon print frontispiece. [...more]
Lot 4: ROBINSON, HENRY PEACH. Pictorial Effect in Photography: Being Hints on Composition and Chiaroscuro for Photographers.
ROBINSON, HENRY PEACH. Pictorial Effect in Photography: Being Hints on Composition and Chiaroscuro for Photographers. With 2 carbon prints and one albumen print, comprising a charming frontispiece study, and numerous photo-etchings. 8vo, gilt-pict [...more]
Lot 5: (CURTIS, EDWARD S.) The Flute of the Gods.
(CURTIS, EDWARD S.) The Flute of the Gods. By Marah Ellis Ryan. Illustrated with photogravure reproductions of Curtis's photographs. 8vo, 1/2 gilt-lettered leather over cloth, corners lightly rubbed; hinges split, but otherwise the binding is ti [...more]
