Photography and the book : delivered on the occasion of the eighth Bromsen lecture, May 3, 1980 / by Beaumont Newhall.

Main entry:

Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993, author.

Title & Author:

Photography and the book : delivered on the occasion of the eighth Bromsen lecture, May 3, 1980 / by Beaumont Newhall.

Publication:

Boston : Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, 1983.

Description:

52 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.

Series:

Maury A. Bromsen lecture in humanistic bibliography ; no. 8

Notes:
"Two thousand copies designed and set in type by The Stinehour Press and printed by The Meriden Gravure Company on 80-pound Caress Text, Colonial White."--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Lecture on photography in books. In discussing photography and the printing press: "In our avidity to consider the original photographic print as the prime object of artistic value in photography we have overlooked this important use of the process." 24 plates from photograpically illustrated books primarily from the nineteenth century."--Hanson Collection catalog.

ISBN:

0890730660 (pbk.)
9780890730669 (pbk.)

Subject:

Photography History.
Illustration of books.
Photography.
Photographie.
Illustration des livres.
Photographie Histoire.
illustration (process)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Stinehour Press, compositor.
Meriden Gravure Company, printer.
Maury A. Bromsen lecture in humanistic bibliography ; no. 8.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 10966
Call No.: ID:87-B13976
Status: Available

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