Hong Kong, China, Japan, Algiers, Suez Canal, Singapore, India
£1,050
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 3 September 2008 at 12:00 BST
Description
An album of 25 albumen prints, c. 1870, pasted onto both sides of card leaves, including 4 prints of Algiers, a view of Port Said, 4 views of the Suez Canal by Langaki, a Turkish lady by Langaki, 2 views of Singapore, 3 views of Hong Kong, 2 views of Foochow, 4 views of Shanghai, 2 smaller images of Chinese girls in costume, 3 smaller views of ships in Nagasaki Harbour, 2 views of Cochin [including scene of group working cocoa nut fibre], 21.5 x 27cm wide at largest, 14 x 9.5cm at smallest, heavy foxing to mounts, varying amounts of fading to images, contemporary black morocco album, worn, lacking backstrip