The Journal of the Photographic Society of India, Volumes VIII–X and XII

Photographic Society of India, The Journal of the Photographic Society of India, Volumes VIII–X and XII, Calcutta: Photographic Society of India (for Vols. VIII, X, XII); Thacker, Spink and Co. (for Vol. IX), 1895–1899

4 Volumes
Volume VIII (1895): vi + 216 pages includes several mounted photo-etched, photogravure, and collotype plates from photographs and in-text illustrations; original publisher’s decorative green cloth, upper board lettered diagonally in black "Journal of the Photographic Society of India," enclosed within a double-ruled black border with ornamental corner pieces; spine with gilt text
Volume IX (1896): vi + 216 pages feature multiple photo-etched, photogravure, and collotype plates from photographs and technical diagrams.
Volume X (1897): viii + 271-460 pages contain a series of photographic reproductions and illustrative content.
Volume XII (1899): vi + 230 pages richly illustrated with photo-etched, photogravure, and collotype plates from photographs and detailed engravings.
Volume IX, X, and XII rebound in matching contemporary half-green morocco over black pebbled leather-covered boards, the spines with raised bands in five compartments, gilt-stamped decorative fleuron tools in compartments and gilt ruling to bands and covers, contrasting red morocco labels lettered in gilt with volume number and year, and new endpapers

Volume X shows a photo-etching of an X-ray of the hand of the Earl of Elgin, who was the Viceroy and Governor General of India, wearing two rings (March 1897, opposite page 254). This photograph is an early example of X-ray photography and is credited to the Survey of India Offices.
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