[Photograph Album]: 40 Color and Black and White Photos of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia

[circa 1895].

Price: $4,500.00

Hardcover. Oblong folio. [50]pp. Half morocco with gilt cloth, raised bands, marbled endpapers, and stiff paper pages with gilt edges. Ex-library copy with spine letters, bookplate, and pocket, moderate rubbing at the extremities, and with a discreet library stamp at the outer edge of most photos, very good or better. A photo album of 40 large and remarkably fresh, professional travel images of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia from the early 1890s, with most measuring between 6.5" x 9" and 9" x 11.5". The first 26 pages feature black and white photos of many of the traditional sites of Paris (the Champs-Elysées, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, and others), along with the Strasbourg Cathedral, the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, a group of Sufi Dervishes, and various Turkish men and women. But most striking are the remaining 15 large and meticulous hand-colored photos. They depict in vibrant colors scenes in Munich; St. Petersburg, including St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin; and Istanbul, including its skyline, an Arab merchant, a Turkish Imam, and multiple crowd scenes. A travel album of particularly large and bright photos.

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Item #369623 [Photograph Album]: 40 Color and Black and White Photos of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia
[Photograph Album]: 40 Color and Black and White Photos of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia
[Photograph Album]: 40 Color and Black and White Photos of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia
[Photograph Album]: 40 Color and Black and White Photos of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia
[Photograph Album]: 40 Color and Black and White Photos of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia
[Photograph Album]: 40 Color and Black and White Photos of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia
[Photograph Album]: 40 Color and Black and White Photos of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia
[Photograph Album]: 40 Color and Black and White Photos of France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia