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SMYTH, CHARLES PIAZZI. Teneriffe, An Astronomer's Experiment; or, Specialities of a Residence above the Clouds. 20 mounted stereo albumen photographs; lithographed map. xvi, 451, [1] pages. Publisher's 24-page catalogue at end dated June 1858, preceded by leaf advertising photography lessons and services by A. J. Melhuish. 8vo, 185x125 mm, original purple cloth gilt by Westleys, with their ticket, spine ends worn, hinges cracked; contents generally clean. London: Lovell Reeve, 1858
first edition of a popular account of Smyth's expedition to Mount Teide in the Canary Islands to test his theory concerning the advantage of high-altitude astronomical observation. BEA, page 1069; DSB XII, 498-99; The Truthful Lens 152 (describing this as the first book illustrated with stereo photographs).
