[Rarebooks] FS: 1894 Meisenbach Process Photographs -Mansfield History

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TITLE: "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.

DISCUSSION: 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.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 6”x9”, xii + 428 + 3 pages, 12 black & white
plates. Publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles.

CONDITION NOTES: Light cover rubbing, some very, very minor scattered
foxing, but overall a handsome example of this interesting book.

PRICE: $100.00, net

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