£450
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 630
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
two albums, each c.13 x 18cm, calligraphically inscribed to Arthur Sankey Reid's wife, Alice M. Reid, and entitled: "Here and There" containing 61 photographs (matte collodion?) printed directly onto the album leaves and captioned by hand, dated 1896-1902; "Orbiter Visa" and "The Glenmarkie" containing 31 and 38 photographs printed directly onto the album leaves, dated 1905-1908; the two albums uniformly bound in blue half morocco gilt over buckram, the smallest image measures 4 x 4cm, with two images often being printed on one leaf (2)
Note: Arthur Sankey Reid [c.1858-1930] was a Scottish geologist and a science master at Glenalmond College.