Dorsetshire
By: photographically illustrated by J. Pouncy ; the detail and touch of nature faithfully reproduced by a new process on stone, by which views are rendered truthful, artistic, and durable
Publisher: Bland & Long
Published: 1857
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Photolithography; Buildings, structures; Pictorial works
Other titles: Dorsetshire photographically illustrated; Dorset illustrated
Notes: "The first book illustrated by photolithography issued in England"--Goldschmidt & Naef.

Introduction dated: June, 1857.

Originally planned to consist of 6 pts., each with 20 plates; only pts. 1-4 were published. Parts 1-2 and 3-4 are generally found bound together as v. [1] and [2] respectively, but each part may have been issued separately.

Vol. [1] consists of lithographed title-page, letterpress "Introduction" ([3] p.), [38] leaves of plates (1 folded), [73] p. of descriptive letterpress, advertisement ([1] p.), subscribers' list ([1] p.), and printer's colophon ([1] p.).

Vol. [2] consists of [40] leaves of plates, [70] p. of descriptive letterpress, advertisement ([1] p.), subscribers' list ([1] p.), and printer's colophon ([1] p.).

The plates are tinted photolithographs after photographs by Pouncy, and consist of ill. of Dorshetshire buildings and landscapes.

Title within ornamental frame.

Text in double columns within single rule border.

Goldschmidt & Naef. Truthful lens, 132.