[Edmund Dring] - Annals of Christ&Apos;S Hospital from Its Foundation to the Present Time and of the Original Conventual Church of the Grey Friaris

London, Lothian and Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated history of Christ's Hospital, with six photographic plates by Valentine Blanchard. The first edition of this work.A concise history of the Christ's Hospital, London, looking from its foundation in 1552 to the Victorian era.Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, and five photographic plates.Collated, complete.By Edmund Dring.Photographs by Valentine Blanchard, a prominent English photographer known for his contributions to the development of photography in the 1860s.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks and spots to the boards and spine. Light rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Small tidemark to the tail of the frontispiece and plates. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some odd spots, a little heavier to the plates. Very Good . Ill.: Valentine Blanchard. Very Good .

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