$308
Europe, Palestine, Syria, Africa, Photo Album, 1894-1900. Folio-format album put together by a French-Canadian curate from Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, with large and small purchased albumen views pasted on heavy card pages, and approximately forty-four small images taken by the traveler; in total, approximately 177 photos depicting the pyramids, Mount Tabor, African dancers, the Sphinx, Carthage, an ossuary, Venice, ethnographic images, including an Arab spice market, the Vesuvius crater, Cordoba, Nazareth, Assisi, Pompeii, some images of the stations of the Cross in Jerusalem, Tunis, Cairo, Rouen, The Hague, Bordeaux, Lyon, Malta, Madrid, the Alhambra, Athens, Lourdes, Pisa, and other locations, some views signed in the negative by Bonfils, Zangaki, Esposito, Salviati, others unsigned, in a "Gilson Adjustable Album," 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. Estimate $200-300 Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-05-08
