A New Map of the River Thames from Thames Head to London (on a Scale of Two Inches to a Mile) from entirely new surveys finished during the summer of 1878 and corrected to the present time.

Edité par Oxford & London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co.

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n.d. [around 1880]. 8vo. 5th edition. xi, [2], 220, 63 pp. Complete with tissue-guarded frontispiece of Taunt's houseboat, a full page and a folding map, a folding table of distances, 96 small photographs mounted on 32 double page maps and 1 plate. Also includes a blue paper 4pp ad: “Old Father Thames, The King of British Rivers” bound-in. In the publisher's russet cloth, gilt- and ink-stamped to spine and front board. Henry Taunt (1842-1922) was a professional photographer, author, publisher and entertainer and he produced this first pocket guide to the River Thames to be illustrated with photographs. In the 1860s it covered the upper Thames, but it expanded its range over several editions.  In 1872 Taunt published A New Map of the River Thames on a scale of half an inch to a mile. The wet collodion process, invented by Frederick Scott Archer, was the best means to capture negative images on glass until the end of the 1870s, by which time many of Taunt’s pictures for his Illustrated Map of the Thames had been taken. He would row his skiff to a location, set up his dark tent, set up his camera and tripod, sensitise and coat the glass plate, immediately make the two- or three-second exposures, develop and fix the images, wash them in river water, perhaps dry them in the sun and row back to his lodgings or set up camp with his assistants. At the beginning of the 1860s this was a notable feat of skill. A very good + copy, tight and bright throughout. Many pages of adverts front and rear.…

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A New Map of the River Thames from Thames Head to London (on a Scale of Two Inches to a Mile) from entirely new surveys finished during the summer of 1878 and corrected to the present time.
Auteur
Henry W. Taunt.
Éditeur
Oxford & London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
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