[Rarebooks] FS: 1894 History of Mansfield England, Meisenbach Plates

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"The History of Mansfield. Illustrated with Twelve Plates by the
Meisenbach process, from Photographs expressly taken by the Sherwood
Photographic Company"

By William Horner Groves. Published in Nottingham by Frank Murray: 1894.

A book of great interest to photographic historians as an early example of
a book using an important, identified halftone process. First patented in
Germany in 1882, the Meisenbach process was the first halftone process to
be widely used by publishers.

Hardcover. 6”x9”, xii + 428 + 3 pages, 12 black & white plates.
Publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles. Light cover rubbing, some very,
very minor scattered foxing, but overall a handsome copy of this
interesting book. $200.00

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