£7,500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 605
Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
The illuminated title-page with the crest of the Royal Lancers, many leaves delicately captioned in illuminated manuscript, 102 albumen prints ranging in size between 34 x 42cm and 17 x 13cm, including 16 photographs of Rome, 2 of the Falls of Tivoli, 2 of Florence, 2 of Pisa, 6 showing Naples and Pompeii, 1 if Genoa, 2 showing Milan, 2 showing Heidelberg, 11 showing Venice, 8 showing North American waterfalls, 29 showing photographs of famous artworks and 17 others, predominantly showing North American scenes, all contained in an impressive burgundy panelled morocco gilt album measuring 55 x 40cm