Egypt, Spain & Italy - Bonfils, Felix & Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm and others
£600
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 3 September 2008 at 12:00 BST
Description
An album of 79 albumen prints, c.1870's, pasted onto recto of card leaves only, including 10 views of Egypt by Felix Bonfils [signed in negative, each 21 by 28cm], a view of Nile boat by Hammerschmidt [signed in negative, 20 by 27cm], 5 views of Seville [16.5 by 20.5cm], 4 views of Granada [16.5 by 20.5cm], 5 views of the Alhambra, 2 views of Cordoba, 4 views of Naples [mainly harbour views, 18 by 24.5cm], 2 views of Pompeii, 22 views of Rome [each 23.5 by 18cm], 9 views of Florence, 2 views of Pisa, 10 views of Venice, some fading to edges of prints, otherwise good tones, contemporary green morocco album, brass clasps