New Orleans
New York: Wittemann Brothers, 1882.
Hardcover. Near fine. 3.25" x 5", oblong, embossed red boards stamped in gilt. Accordion-folded view book, with 20 photo-lithographic views on 20 panels, as well as a separate five-panel insert at the rear advertising more than 100 souvenir albums sold by Wittemann Brothers that were made using Louis Glaser's process. Glaser used multiple stones to achieve "a varnished look that creates greater illusion of depth than a simple lithograph or toned lithograph" (Ron Tyler, unpublished work on 19th century lithographs). A price is given for each book, and a final page offers favorable reviews. The Boston Herald proclaims one book "a perfect marvel for the fidelity with which the artist has copied the city and its surroundings as they are, and may be regarded as the greatest triumph of the photographic art that has ever been achieved." Scenes include a four-panel panorama of the city, Canal Street, the Levee, New Cotton Exchange, Custom House, Charity Hospital, Jackson Square, St. Charles Hotel, Old French Market, Spanish Fort, etc.
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