A series of calotypes.
Hill, David Octavius,1802-1870.
Adamson, Robert,1821-1848.
Hill, David Octavius,1802-1870,inscriber.StEdNL
Scott, John,active 1848,former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgh : [D.O. Hill],
1848.
Manuscript titlepage.
Calotypes taken by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, photographer.
These two volumes consist of a set of specimen calotypes made up David Octavius Hill for presentation to John Scott of the London print publishers and art dealers, P. & D. Colnaghi, in the hope that Colnaghi's would market Hill's calotypes.
Pencil inscription on the front pastedown "A set made up by D.O. Hill for presentation to Mr John Scott. London with an autographed letter from Hill inserted in Vol. I Bought from Suckling & Co. 13 Garrick Street London W. C. 27 Sept. 1912 2 vols £6:6/.". There is a manuscript letter dated 25 October 1848 on the recto of the page following the titlepage from Hill to Scott with instructions on the mounting and binding of volumes of the calotypes.