Dorset.- Pouncy (J.) Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated, Parts 1-4 in 2 [a complete set], first edition, lithographed title and 79 tinted photolithographed views, one double-page, advertisement leaf with list of subscribers at end of each volume, some foxing (as usual), original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, a little rubbed and marked, spines slightly faded, oblong folio, London and Dorchester, [1857].
⁂ The first book illustrated by photolithography, where photographs were transferred onto lithographic stones which were then enhanced with figures, animals and other details by drawing. "Pouncy's important work was a transitional stage between drawing and unretouched photography in book illustration". McLean, Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing, p.128.
"As far as we know Pouncy's rare book was not only the first but remained the only attempt in book form to reproduce photographic views from nature by photolithography" Gernsheim, History of Photography, p. 546.
A further two parts were proposed but never issued; rare to find complete.
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