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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth 
Hyperion: a romance ... Illustrated with twenty-four photographs of the Rhine, Switzerland and the Tyrol, by Francis Frith. 
Shelfmark: Cup.410.g.107. 
Publisher: London: Alfred William Bennett ..., 1865. x, [2], 270, [2]p., frontispiece, [23] leaves of plates: ill. 4° (23 cm). 
Country: England 
Subject: English fiction 
Acquisition: CRO 23 Feb 1865 
Notes: Ilustrated with mounted photographs. 
Photographer: Frith, Francis (1822-1898) Landscape and topographical photographer whose work was commissioned by various publishers for photographically illustrated books. Known for his early photographs of the Middle East and his postcard publishing company which he started in 1859 in Reigate, Surrey. The company outlived its founder and traded until 1960. 
Description or title: Landscape photographs from the Rhineland, Switzerland and Tyrol.
Frith was a landscape and topographical photographer whose work was commissioned by various publishers for photographically illustrated books. Known for his early photographs of the Middle East and his postcard publishing company which he started in 1859 in Reigate, Surrey. The company outlived its founder and traded until 1960. 
Contains photos of: Landscapes. Buildings 
General photo size: 12.4 x 16.5 cms approx. 
Photographs:
1   The Devil's Bridge [Frontispiece] 
2   Drachenfels and the Siebengebirg, from Rolandseck. 
3   Nonnenwerth. 
4   Andernach. 
5   Stolzenfels. 
6   Liebenstein and Sternenfels. 
7   Heidelberg Castle; from the courtyard. 
8   Heidelberg Castle. 
9   Weinheim. 
10   The Mill, Birkenau. 
11   Valley of the Neckar. 
12   Heidelberg, from Elizabeth's Terrace. 
13   Summit of the Furca Pass. 
14   Meyringen. 
15   Interlachen. 
16   The Cloisters, Interlachen. 
17   The walnut trees. 
18   Innsbrück. 
19   Landseck. 
20   Tomb of Maximilian, Innsbrück. 
21   Saltzburg. 
22   The Inn, St.Gilgen, with the portrait of the widow Schöndorfer. 
23   St. Wolfgang. 
24   The market-place, Stuttgart. 

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