‎MACCALLUM Andrew - Hy. B. FRANKLAND ( publisher ) - Robert HOE ( provenance ) :‎
‎A Collection of Photographs from some of the Works of Andrew MacCallum. In Memoriam. For private circulation only.‎

‎18. London, Hy. B. Frankland, Fine Art Photographer, Clapham Road 83, 1878, elephant in-folio, 55 x 41 cm , (4) nn pp ( titles ) + 1 leaf ( portrait ) + 28 thick lvs each with a mounted original photograph. Bound in black half morocco, gilt title on front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Raised gilt spine ( expertly rebacked ). Marbled end papers. Inscribed on the title page by the artist Andrew MacCallum to Robert Hoe Esq. . With the ex-libris of Robert Hoe tipped in on the first paste down. Binding with some small traces of use but on the whole a very fine copy with a stainless interior. The English landscape painter Andrew MacCallum ( 1821 - 1902 ) conceived this publication in memory of his deceased wife Susan Irlam whom had died in Antibes ( Southern France ) on the 24th of December 1875. The first photograph in the album is a portrait of his wife. The album consists of 28 large original photographs of his paintings, mounted on thick album leaves, with a printed caption underneath. The landscapes were made in Venice, Berchtensgraden, Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa , Rome, Fontainbleau.... Provenance. From the library of Robert Hoe (1839 - 1909), with a manuscript ex-dono from the artist and Hoe's ex-lbris. The library of Robert Hoe, first president of the Grolier Club, was auctioned in 1911-1912. Nearly half of the books were bought by Henry Huntingdon. Obviously a very rare publication. OCLC lists only one copy ( Mills College - Olin Library in Oakland CA. ).‎

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