Rare copy of Victorian photograph book makes £40,000 at Roseberys

Discovered buried in the back of a closet in the US, a rare surviving copy of Peter Henry Emerson’s 1886 work ‘Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads’ sold for £40,000 at Roseberys today.

Regarded as a pioneering photograph book, it comprises 40 views of the Norfolk Broads capturing the …

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