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WILHELM HAMMERSCHMIDT (active 1850s-1869)
Pair of albums entitled
Egypte
.
With a total of 88 photographs, comprising 32 and 56 prints respectively, including 5 rare hand-
colored scenes. Includes various formal views of pyramids, temples, rivers, and mosques; portraits of
locals with mules, camels and horses; and multiple scenes of Cairo. Albumen prints, measuring
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1
/
4
x12
1
/
2
(in the first) to 8
1
/
4
x10
3
/
4
inches (in the second) (23.5x31.7 to 21x27.3 cm.), and the
reverse, mounted recto only, most with Hammerschmidt’s signature and plate number in the
negative, and printed captions (in French and German), and a few with notations, in pencil, on
mount recto. Oblong folios, red gilt-lettered morocco, lightly worn; all edges gilt. 1860s
[5,000/7,500]
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FELIX BONFILS (1831-1885)
Album containing 40 photographs of Palestine.
With an unusual selection of views of Jaffa, Hebron, Bethlehem, the Jordan River, Nazareth, the
Galilee, the Monastery of Elijah, and more, including picturesque landscapes of historic sites and
others depicting colonial adventurers and/or tradesmen.Albumen prints, 8
1
/
2
x11 inches (21.6x27.9
cm.), mounted recto/verso, nearly all with Bonfils’ credit, caption, and inventory number in the
negative; plus 2 additional prints laid in at the rear. Oblong small folio,
1
/
4
morocco, edgewear. 1870s
[1,500/2,500]
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(SAIGON,VIETNAM)
Album entitled
Cochinchine Française Saigon et ses Environs.
With 76 photographs, comprising street scenes of laborers, portraits of indigenous peoples, and
views of harbors, settlements, churches, estates, government buildings, and more. Albumen prints,
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1
/
2
x8
3
/
4
inches (16.5x22.2 cm.), affixed recto/verso to ruled mounts. Oblong small folio, red lacquer
with a decorative botanical relief and a leather backstrip. 1870s
[3,000/4,500]
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