A Superb, Crystal Clear, Half-Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Cute, Three-Year-Old Girl With a Toy Dog Smallpox Inoculation History writing the forwards and selecting

writing the forwards and selecting and adapting the mechanical reproductions for both Book I and Book II of The Peter Rabbit Music Books

The original tan stiff paper wrappers are structurally sound and firmly attached by the original string binding

only a few copies of this series of picture books are likely to have survived

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 001178

A Superb, Crystal Clear, Half-Plate Daguerreotype Photograph of a Cute, Three-Year-Old Girl With a Toy Dog Smallpox Inoculation History writing the forwards and selecting(Early Photography: Daguerreotypes) Portrait of a Three Year Old Girl With Her Toy Dog [Mary A. Collins with her dog "Bevis"]. [No place]: [Publisher not identified], circa 1840. Half plate daguerreotype image, 5 1 2" x 4 1 4". Full length seated portrait. Housed under glass in the original full, pressed paper case measuring 5 7 8" x 4 5 8", complete with original, functional brass latching hardware. Accompanied by two historic ephemera components: an