Sale 2406 Lot 21

WILSON A. BENTLEY (1865-1931)  An album with 25 photographs of snowflakes.  Gold-chloride toned microphotographs from glass plate negatives, each approximately 4x3 inches (10.2x7.6 cm.), all but one with Bentley's signature and many with his notation ARP or MBN, in ink or in pencil, on verso; 2 also with a date, on recto or verso, and one of these with Bentley's notation "wonderful," also on verso. Oblong 8vo, paper leatherette album with a tied binding, the photographs arranged 2 per page in black photo corners. 1888-1927 


Estimate $20,000 - 30,000