Early Use of the Daguerreotype

CIST, LEWIS J. Trifles in Verse: a Collection of Fugitive Poems. Cincinnati: Robinson and Jones, 1845. 1st ed. 12mo. 184 pp. Lithographic frontispiece of the author by Rowse from a daguerreotype by Hawkins. Orig. cloth, slight staining. $150.00

R & B 45-1458. Peters notes the lithographer for his portraits from daguerreotypes in 1845 and 1848. Quite an early American use. Cist was a Cincinnati banker and poet from a prominent family. Sabin 13156.