Sun pictures in Scotland /
Talbot, William Henry Fox,1800-1877.
Lansdowne, Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice,Marquess of,1816-1866,former owner.NLS
London : [s.n.],
1845.
One of nineteen known copies of the first printed book to be offered for sale illustrated with photographs. It contains 23 salted-paper prints, all taken in Scotland by Talbot on a tour paying homage to Sir Walter Scott. Bound in contemporary green sheep's leather, gilt tooled and is most likely a presentation copy.
Provenance: Armorial bookplate on marbled pastedown: Lansdowne.