[Rarebooks] FS: The First Photographically Illustrated Field Guide: BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE, 1868

[Charles Agvent]

KENNEDY, Alexander W. M. Clark. THE BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE AND 
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TWO 
COUNTIES. Eton/London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1868. First Edition. Small 
octavo (5" x 7-1/2") in publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth; xiv, 
[ii], 232 pages. Illustrated with 4 original hand-colored albumen 
photographs. Published by the author at the tender age of 16, this is 
believed to be the first field guide to birds to use photographs for 
illustrations. Gernsheim 436; Goldschmidt & Naef: THE TRUTHFUL LENS 96: 
"It was impossible at this time to photograph live birds due to the 
absence of the telephoto lens and extremely light-sensitive plates that 
would permit short exposures. Muybridge [ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887] was 
the first to photograph birds in flight."; Zimmer p. 347. Armorial 
bookplate of William Bramley Moore and small bookseller's ticket on the 
front pastedown with a small binder's ticket at the rear. Minor bubbling 
to the cloth which has a small tear at the base of the spine. Near Fine. 
(#010375) $450.00

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