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Annan, T. The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry. One hundred photographs of well known places in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, with descriptive notices of the houses and the families. Glasgow, Maclehose, 1870. 289 Seiten Mit 102 montierten Albumin-Abzügen. 4°. Halbmaroquinband d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rückentitel u. goldgepr. Deckelvignette (leicht beschabt). Erste Ausgabe.- Eines von 120 Exemplaren.- Der gelernte Lithograf und Kupferstecher Thomas Annan (1829-1887) trat erstmals 1855/56 als Fotograf in Erscheinung, als Anwender der Kalotypie. Nach Eröffnung eines Fotostudios und einer Druckerei konzentrierte er sich auf Architekturfotografie und wurde durch seine Aufnahmen der Glasgower Slums zu einer festen Größe in der Fotografie. Bis heute existiert das Familienunternehmen als Annan Fine Art Gallery in Glasgow.- Die Fotografien von Landhäusern des Glasgower Landadels zeigen Aikenhead House, Annfield, Bardowie, Belvidere House, Craigend Castle, Crossbasket, Gilmorehill, Golfhill House, Mount Vernon, Shawfield, Yorkhill u.a.- Leicht stockfleckig (die Fotografien sauber), Innengelenke angeplatzt.- Zeitgenössisches Exlibris 'J. Blackwood Greenshields' und neues Wappenexlibris auf Spiegel. Annan, T. The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry. One hundred photographs of well-known places in the neighborhood of Glasgow, with descriptive notices of the houses and the families. Glasgow, Maclehose, 1870. 289 pages. With 102 mounted albumen prints. 4to. Contemporary half-maroon binding with gilt spine title and gilt cover vignette (slightly rubbed). First edition. - One of 120 copies. - Thomas Annan (1829-1887), a trained lithographer and engraver, first appeared as a photographer in 1855/56, using the calotype process. After opening a photographic studio and a printing press, he concentrated on architectural photography and became a prominent figure in photography through his photographs of Glasgow's slums.] The family business still exists today as Annan Fine Art Gallery in Glasgow. - The photographs of country houses belonging to Glasgow's landed gentry include Aikenhead House, Annfield, Bardowie, Belvidere House, Craigend Castle, Crossbasket, Gilmorehill, Golfhill House, Mount Vernon, Shawfield, Yorkhill, and others. - Slightly foxed (the photographs themselves are clean), inner hinges cracked. - Contemporary bookplate 'J. Blackwood Greenshields' and a new coat of arms bookplate on a mirror.
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