[Photo Portfolio]: Ceylon 20. - 24. I. 1930

Price: $4,800.00

Hardcover. Blue cloth portfolio gilt lined with marbled paper. Small label with stamp of "C.C. Karlovy Vary. 1931" inside portfolio (possibly the location of the binder or the photographer, the city in the far northwest of the Czech Republic is also known by the German name Karlsbad). 98 beautifully printed platinum prints, each image measuring 5" x 7.5" surrounded with a plate mark impressed onto stiff 9.25" x 12" stock. Apparently a group of photographs made in January of 1930 by a German(?) photographer. Each is very neatly labeled in ink with a location and exact date on the verso, mostly in German, some in English. Each is numbered, although the meaning of the overall numbering system is not obvious. Condition is overall fine with very slight (and easily removable) soiling in the extreme margins; portfolio shows some wear and is sound and very good. Subjects include Peradeniya Gardens, archeological sites, temples and other notable buildings, mountain scenes, street scenes and buildings in Colombo and Anuradhapura (as well as scenes along the road between the two cities), several of elephants (including harvesting trees), several of the native peoples, a few of European tourists or administrators.

Item #402132

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Item #402132 [Photo Portfolio]: Ceylon 20. - 24. I. 1930. Photographer Unidentified.
[Photo Portfolio]: Ceylon 20. - 24. I. 1930
[Photo Portfolio]: Ceylon 20. - 24. I. 1930
[Photo Portfolio]: Ceylon 20. - 24. I. 1930
[Photo Portfolio]: Ceylon 20. - 24. I. 1930
[Photo Portfolio]: Ceylon 20. - 24. I. 1930
[Photo Portfolio]: Ceylon 20. - 24. I. 1930
[Photo Portfolio]: Ceylon 20. - 24. I. 1930