"The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella in Spain". 4 text p. and 1 l. "List of Photographs" with 20 albumen prints on plates (some foxing and chips/tears in edges) between circa 38 x 32 cm and 27 x 21 cm. Folio, original half canvas portfolio (time-stained, edges rubbed, spine with tears, dusty) with gilt-pressed title and printed title on cover. London, Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art, 1868. Charles Thurston Thompson's career was based at the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum), where he was the superintendent of photography beginning in 1856, as well as the official photographer of the Department of Science and Art. Thompson left behind approximately ten thousand negatives when he died in 1868, however, original prints of his are quite rare. Soon after, the Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art published twenty of his photographs taken in 1866 in the volume "The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella in Spain" as the one offered here. This publication is held by fewer than ten libraries in the United States, as well as a comparable copy in the British Library, London. It is a rare complete copy of this volume and a fine example of earlier architectural photography. – Plates 1-4 and plate 20 prints with stronger fading and foxing, some prints with fading in edges, several with strong contrasts and a rich dark brown tone.
"The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella in Spain". 4 text p. and 1 l. "List of Photographs" with 20 albumen prints on plates (some foxing and chips/tears in edges) between circa 38 x 32 cm and 27 x 21 cm. Folio, original half canvas portfolio (time-stained, edges rubbed, spine with tears, dusty) with gilt-pressed title and printed title on cover. London, Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art, 1868. Charles Thurston Thompson's career was based at the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum), where he was the superintendent of photography beginning in 1856, as well as the official photographer of the Department of Science and Art. Thompson left behind approximately ten thousand negatives when he died in 1868, however, original prints of his are quite rare. Soon after, the Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art published twenty of his photographs taken in 1866 in the volume "The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella in Spain" as the one offered here. This publication is held by fewer than ten libraries in the United States, as well as a comparable copy in the British Library, London. It is a rare complete copy of this volume and a fine example of earlier architectural photography. – Plates 1-4 and plate 20 prints with stronger fading and foxing, some prints with fading in edges, several with strong contrasts and a rich dark brown tone.
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