With 57 illustrations by Franciszka Themerson. The book is in Fine condition and bound by The Fine Bindery in quarter leather with gilt titling and decorated boards as issued. There were also 372 ordinary copies bound in cloth. The sole UK printing published by The Inky Parrot Press, UK in 2001. First Edition with facsimiles of period B&W photos. No foxing to plates which remain very clean and bright. Dust jacket is complete and bright with slight wear to the spine's top and bottom a clean triangular tear to the lower portion and wear to the upper gutter of the dj. FINE COPY with tight, bright, clean cloth - glossy pages - photos. Her photography career was short but productive she made around 900 photographs over a 12-year period. She also produced sensitive portraits of women and children. She is known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorian men (often well-known scientists, writers, or clergymen), and for illustrative images depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature. Julia Margaret Cameron (née Pattle 1815 - 1879) was a British photographer who is considered one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. Folio (13 1/4" x 9 3/4" x 1"), green cloth with gilt lettering and bands on spine & "JMC" stamped on front cover, Introductory essay by Lord David Cecil archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with photo of two children, profusely illustrated with 119 full-page glossy B&W period photos with legends on facing pages vii, 11, 252 pages.
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