The Pencil of Nature
Bound volume
The Pencil of Nature
1844–1846
Bound volume with salted paper prints
Overall (closed): 11 3/4 × 9 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. (29.9 × 23.7 × 2.8 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Alden Scott Boyer, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
1974.0046.0001-0016
DescriptionBook containing sixteen salted paper prints. Bound with black leather at the spine and corners, with red, blue, yellow, and white marbled boards. Plate 21 is bound in as the first plate and does not include the text. Incomplete, contains sixteen of the original twenty-four plates, with plates 16-20 and 22-24 not included.
Note: Due to light sensitivity, this object cannot be viewed during research appointments, loaned, or exhibited.
Note: Due to light sensitivity, this object cannot be viewed during research appointments, loaned, or exhibited.
Inscriptions Debossed on spine: PENCIL \ OF \ NATURE \ TALBOT
On applied label inside front cover: Mm 6 [in red crayon] \ VITAM IMPENDERE VERO \ HOLLAND HOUSE.
In Boyer's hand in pencil on flyleaf, TRC: 1st Book in the World \ Illus with Photographs. \ These actualy [sic] by H Fox \ Talbot Inventor of \ Photography. \ Holland House Copy-
Inscribed in pencil on flyleaf verso, TLC: ? First 16 15 [15 strikethrough] photos only – Should be dated 1844-1846
In Boyer's hand in pencil inside back cover, TRC: Dr. Weil London. - 6/1948 \ $1100.00 [11 circled] [illegible] \ Boyer \ Excessively [?] Rare + \ Valuable [underlined] \ B
On applied label inside front cover: Mm 6 [in red crayon] \ VITAM IMPENDERE VERO \ HOLLAND HOUSE.
In Boyer's hand in pencil on flyleaf, TRC: 1st Book in the World \ Illus with Photographs. \ These actualy [sic] by H Fox \ Talbot Inventor of \ Photography. \ Holland House Copy-
Inscribed in pencil on flyleaf verso, TLC: ? First 16 15 [15 strikethrough] photos only – Should be dated 1844-1846
In Boyer's hand in pencil inside back cover, TRC: Dr. Weil London. - 6/1948 \ $1100.00 [11 circled] [illegible] \ Boyer \ Excessively [?] Rare + \ Valuable [underlined] \ B
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