A GROUP OF ENGLISHMEN (1795 TO 1815). BEING RECORDS OF THE YOUNGER WEDGWOODS AND THEIR FRIENDS EMBRACING THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND A FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHH

London:Longman's, Green and Co. 1871. xxii+416pp+24pp ads. Illustrated with 2 plates. Hardcover.  Ex-library, with call number on spine strip,   library bookplate on inside front board,  and Library stamp to title page and both plates.  Purple boards heavily (and unevenly) sun-faded, soiled,  and shelfworn with edges worn to boards in places. Spine strip is worn with wear to both ends and title in gilt faded. Internally, aside from library bookplate, a very good, clean copy. No previous owners signatues found save for a few penciled notes to the verso of the 1st free end-page, and some very light foxing scattered through. The binding is tight with hinges intact.