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Smith, Samuel. Victorian Townscape: The Work of Samuel Smith. 1850s photographs.

Smith, Samuel. Victorian Townscape: The Work of Samuel Smith. 1850s photographs.

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Overlook, 1977, by Michael Millward and Brian Coe. Good hardcover in black cloth with crimped front board (probably happened during binding), small scuff on map on rear pastedown. In very good plus protected dust jacket. First U.S. edition, previously published in England. 120 pages. Described as the first English documentary photographer, Samuel Smith (1802-1892) was a timber merchant who took up photography in 1852 and made these photographs in that decade, mostly of the towns of Leverington and Wisbech, and some elsewhere, including Norwich. The book includes more than 80 illustrations by Smith of street scenes, sailing ships, bridges, and other features.  Also includes two portraits of Smith and biographical information about him.

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