NY: The New York Public Library, 2018. First edition. 215pp; plates. 4to. Blue cloth titled in white to front board and spine; dust jacket. Adhesive-related offsetting to gutters, else fine.
An as-new copy of this monograph on the cyanotypes of English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins (1799-1871). 77 lovely facsimile plates of Atkins's cyanotypes; nicely illustrated text by Larry J. Schaaf, with additional contributions by Joshua Chuang, Emily Walz, and Mike Ware. Published to accompany an exhibition of Atkins's work at The New York Public Library, October 19, 2918-February 17, 2019. Has quickly become scarce.
