A Record of the City of Armagh, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Rare early photographs.

Rogers, Edward

Edité par Armagh: Printed at the Armagh Guardian Office by John Thompson, 1861

A propos de cet article

Small4to, 200 x 160mm, frontispiece, v, [i - blank, [i - Introduction], [i - blank], 56 p. Six albumen print photographs. Original dark blue blind-stamped cloth, titled gilt "The Ancient City", cream endpapers, all edges gilt. New matching titled backstrip, numerous old ink corrections and additions in the margins, numerous notes on loose paper probably by a former owner of the book, Delmege Trimble of English Street, Armagh, some newspaper clippings, the photographs are somewhat faded, generally grubby marks, still a rare book, the subscriber list has 181 names. The Introduction has "The PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS were taken and printed expressly for this work, by Mr. Abraham Talbot, of Armagh, Artist". Delmege Trimble was a member of the Trimble family of Enniskillen, he moved to Armagh in 1893 on his purchase of the Armagh Guardian. First edition, first and illustrated issue, note the 1874 reissue with the 1861 dated title did not have the photographs by Abraham Talbot who was a relative of the photographic pioneer Fox Talbot who may well have assisted in the production.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A Record of the City of Armagh, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Rare early photographs.
• Éditeur: Armagh: Printed at the Armagh Guardian Office by John Thompson
• Date de parution: 1861
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good