1854
Front cover for John C. Warren, 1854, Remarks on some fossil impressions in the sandstone rocks of the Connecticut River, (Boston: Ticknor and Fields)

Book cover
Archive Farms
54 pp. With a folding salt print photograph. (8vo) 23.5x14 cm (9¼x5¼"), embossed blue cloth with gilt lettering.
 
This interesting scientific contains a photograph of a sandstone slab, displaying fossil remains, by "Mr. Silisbee, our photographist". Appearing shortly after the "Homes of American Statesmen," this book is the second American publication illustrated with a photograph and the first of scientific interest. This copy contains a very rich example of a salt print, they are usually faded and creased.
 
NYPL Checklist #10. The Truthful Lense #181
 
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