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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  31 Oct 2020 ~ 10am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 574
  01 Nov 2020 ~ 10am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 575 - 1080
• Lot #:
  993
• Lot Description:
  THE ART-UNION, VOLUMES I - X (1839-1848), VOLUME VIII WITH FOX TALBOT CALOTYPE PHOTOGRAPH
  [Hodgson & Graves, London, 1839-1848]. In ten quarto (290 x 230mm) volumes, the first five volumes with in-text woodcut illustrations, the sixth to tenth with out-of-text illustrations in the form of lithographs and steel engravings, the key June 1846 issue with original talbotype (calotype) photograph of a table set for tea (86 x 168mm) by William Henry Fox Talbot, tipped-in with the tissue guard intact. All volumes bound in contemporary gilt-ruled half morocco over marbled papered boards, spines with gilt-lettered titles and years, and raided bands.
• Notes:
  [William Henry Fox Talbot invented the calotype (also known as talbotype), a negative-positive process using a paper negative, in 1840. The Art-Union was founded by publishers Hodgson & Graves in 1839 and quickly established itself as the most influential and prestigious British art periodical of its day.]
• Estimate:
  A$2,400 - 3,200
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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