A series of monthly blogs posts highlighting the rare photography material held in Leicester's De Montfort University's Special Collection has just started. DMU's Special Collections houses rare photography periodicals from Kodak Ltd's research library, the Robert F White collection of printed materials mainly relating to cameras and photographci technology, the Photographers' Gallery library, publications, books and auction catalogues from the Wilson Collection, and periodicals from Thomas Ganz, amongst many other items. All are accessible by appointment.
The first blog by Professor Kelley Wilder (pictured above) showcases and discusses two photographically-illustrated books by Jessie and Charles Piazzi Smyth published in 1858, Teneriffe, An Astronomer's Experiment: or, Specialities of a Residence Above the Clouds London: Lovell Reeve 1858, and Report on the Teneriffe Astronomical Experiement of 1856, London: Taylor and Francis, 1858.
Read the blog here: https://library.dmu.ac.uk/archivesblog/home/PHRC-Takeover-1-Teneriffe-an-Astronomers-Experiment-by-Piazzi-Smyth-1858
Find out more about Special Collections access and holdings here: https://library.dmu.ac.uk/specialcollections
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