India, Ceylon, China, Australia, New Zealand
£1,800
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 3 September 2008 at 12:00 BST
Description
An album of views, c. 1880, pasted to both sides of card leaves, including 7 prints of the Caves of Elephanta in Bombay by Clifton & Co, 7albumen views of Bombay, 2 views of Mount Alba, 6 smaller views of Jaipur [15x10.5cm high], 20 views of Delhi [various sizes], 4 views of the Taj Mahal, 2 albumen views of Benares from the Ganges by R.C. Mazumbar, 14 smaller albumen prints of Indian people [c. 6 x 10cm], 2 albumen views of Columbo, 3 albumen views of Ceylon, 3 prints of Cingalese girls, 3 albumen prints of Cingalese tribes, 8 silver gelatine views of Perth in Australia, 3 views of Townsville, Australia after the 1903 cyclone, 3 views of New Zealand including the White Terraces & Wanganui River, 5 prints of Maori tribal figures, 3 other Maori views including the hot springs at Whakarewarewa & a Maori House at Tampa, 7 prints of China including 3 of an execution of Namoda Pirates at Kowloon in 1891 and another showing death by strangulation in Canton; Burlington-Smith, J. 3 silver gelatine prints of Darjeeling, c. 23.5 x 29cm high, contemporary red morocco album, very clean and bright throughout