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A wide-ranging album with 44 hand-tinted scenes from Egypt, Palestine, and Turkey, including
landscapes, ancient ruins, natives on camels, and tourists, as well as the Sphinx, Cairo streets, theWailing
Wall in Jerusalem, and the Hagia Sophia. Hand-colored albumen prints, each measuring approximately
81/4x10 1/4 inches (21x26 cm.), and the reverse, approximately 11 with Bonfils’ credit, 9 with Zangaki’s
credit, and 6 with Sébah’s credit, and more than 30 with a caption, all in the negative. Oblong folio,
red lacquer covers with gilt highlights and ivory inlay depicting a landscape and bird motif as well as
the word “Orient;” leather backstrip; all edges gilt. Circa 1880 [2,500/3,500]
From the Estate of Fong Chow.
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