Lot 249v
249 •(EUROPEAN ROAD TRIP) A meticulously compiled album containing approximately 413 artfully made photographs by a single photographer documenting a lengthy trip throughout Europe, bravely undertaken in an early automobile.
With photographs highlighting every aspect of the trip, from roads traveled, local people encountered, and beautiful classical architecture, to the natural awe-inspiring spectacles and wooded picnic location choices. Silver prints, many panoramic in format, measuring 2¾x3¾ to 2¾x7½ inches (7x9.5 to 7x19.1 cm.), mounted recto/verso to grey pages, each with detailed captions, in ink, identifying the location, and in some cases, the distance traveled. Oblong 4to, cloth-covered boards, with a gilt-stamped title on the spine. 1911
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