Photographic Views of Cheltenham and Its Neighbourhood

Chester: Catherall & Prichard, No date.
First Edition.

19cm x 26cm. Title leaf, 16 mounted albumen photographs, extra-illustrated with 5 additional photographs mounted to the interleaves. Original red cloth (rebacked retaining the original spine), gilt lettering and decoration.

Unrecorded view album produced from the prolific series of stereographs of England and Wales by one of England’s leading 19th century photographers. Bedford helped to found the Royal Photographic Society and received numerous royal commissions. This copy with 5 additional Bedford albumens of the same or larger size mounted on interleaves. The issued photographs are: 747. Cheltenham, The Promenade Drive, Looking Up.; 749. Cheltenham, The Promenade Drive, The Central Avenue; 750. Cheltenham, The Promenande Drive, The Side Avenue; 751. Cheltenham, The Queen’s Hotel; 753. Cheltenham, St. Mary’s (The Parish) Church; 754. Cheltenham, Proprietary College, Principal Front; 755. Cheltenham, Proprietary College, The Chapel; 756. Cheltenham, Proprietary College, Interior of the Chapel; 757. Cheltenham, Proprietary College, The Gymnasium; 758. Cheltenham, The High Street; 759. Cheltenham, Pitville Spa and Lake; 760. Cheltenham, Pitville Spa, The Pump Room; 761. The Devil’s Chimney, Leckhampton; 744. Tewkesbury Abbey, From the West; 746. Twekesbury Abbey, Interior of the Choir, Looking West; 743. Twekesbury, High Street and Old Houses. The additional photographs are captioned in manuscript: 757. Plough Hotel; 2350. Winter Gardens; 748. Promenade; 2378; 2346.

Rebacked, some loss to the original spineback. Moderate rubbing, wear, and marks to cloth. Some tanning and foxing, and minor insect damage to the title leaf, mounts, and interleaved blanks. Lacking one blank. The photographs in Fine to Near Fine Condition. Good Condition.

AU$800.00

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