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Sun Gardens: Victorian Photograms by Anna Atkins
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Sun Gardens: Victorian Photograms by Anna Atkins Hardbound - 1985

by Schaaf, Larry J. (text)

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New York: Aperture, 1985. First. Hardbound. VG+/VG (mild bumps to upper corner & spine ends; light wear to cloth edges. square, adhesive remnant to cover pastedown w/ some speckled remnants to endpaper. dustjacket has scuffed edge-wear, rubbing to corners; small tear to back upper edge). Dark blue cloth boards with blue and white pictorial DJ, 104pp, 60 plates, numerous color and BW figures. This is a beautiful volume of the cyanotypes by Anna Atkins, a contemporary and colleague of Sir John Herschel. Atkins is recognized as the first female photographer, and also produced the first book to use photographic illustrations. This particular volume reproduces many of her works from British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, as well as pieces done with the help of her friend Anne Dixon. Absolutely a book for any photography historian or enthusiasts, as well as botanists.
Used - VG+/VG (mild bumps to upper corner & spine ends; light wear to cloth edges. square, adhesive remnant to cover pastedown w/ some
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  • Title Sun Gardens: Victorian Photograms by Anna Atkins
  • Author Schaaf, Larry J. (text)
  • Binding Hardbound
  • Edition First
  • Condition Used - VG+/VG (mild bumps to upper corner & spine ends; light wear to cloth edges. square, adhesive remnant to cover pastedown w/ some
  • Pages 103
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Aperture, New York
  • Date 1985
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 128172
  • ISBN 9780893812034 / 089381203X
  • Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.31 x 9.23 x 0.63 in (31.27 x 23.44 x 1.60 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 85047822
  • Dewey Decimal Code 581.092

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