Lot 339
Egypt, Morocco and Europe - Photograph Album
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Large album containing 46 albumen prints of scenes and people in Egypt, 26 with captions in the negative, at least 6 by Sébah and 1 by Béchard, [c.1890], mostly from 9. x 13.5cm - 25.5 x 20cm, first couple of photographs a little torn around edges; 4 albumen prints of Malta, 5 of Gibraltar, 2 of Nice, 3 of Monaco, 9 of Belgium and the Netherlands, 6 of France, 5 of Switzerland, c.1880, 12x10-25.5x21cm; 2 later photographs of Swiss waterfalls, 2 later photographs of Italy, c. 1940, 25x19.5-29x23.5cm; 6 later photographs of scenes in Britain (Chichester and Ely), ca.1910-20; 55 albumen prints of scenes in Britain (the Lake District, Stratford-upon-Avon and Eastbourne amongst others), some from Frith's Series, mostly c.1880-1920; 12 photographs of scenes in Britain, Switzerland and the Costa del Sol, c.1950, c.27x22cm; half morocco, spine and corners rubbed, covers dust-soiled, some photographs a little faded, occasional foxing