Description

Title:
The Ferrotype, and How to Make it
ISBN: No ISBN
Book #: 015900

Author: Estabrooke, Edward M.
Illustrator:
Publisher: Gatchel & Hyatt
Place: Cincinnati, O., and Louisville, KY.
Year: 1872
Edition: First Edition

Book Cond.: Very Good Condition
Jacket Cond.: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 7 1/2″ x 5″
Book Type: n/a
Signed:

Description / Comments:
Size: 7 1/2″ x 5″. . Tan cloth over boards, two ferrotypes (tintypes) mounted to front and rear paste downs by the publisher, 200 pages plus 28 pages of ads. This is said to be the first book to contain images on a base material other than paper. The portraits were taken by the author and are captioned on their paper mats: “Non Reversed Ferrotype. Made on Phenix Plate Co’s Chocolate Tinted Egg Shell Plate. Scovill Manuf’g Co. Sole Agents” and “Sample Ferrotype, Made on John Dean & Co’s Adamantean Chocolate Tinted Egg Shell Plate. E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Sole Agents.” Both portraits’ sitters’ cheeks have a rosy tint. Covers stained, book cloth warped near spine, some chips and wear to extremities, pencil notation on page 111, rear tintype has vertical line of residue, notes in pencil on front free end paper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Photography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015900.