Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

313 312 c   (SINO-JAPANESEWAR.) Collection of 24 three-panel Senso-e color woodblock prints. Various artists. Mounted recto/verso in a concertina-style album. 4to, 14 1 / 2 x9 1 / 2 inches; each triptych approximately 14 1 / 2 x28 inches; external wear but prints generally nice and bright with the occasional light staining. Japan, circa 1895 [2,000/3,000] A fantastic bound collection of military engagements during the Sino-Japanese war, many depicting naval warfare 313 c   SOMMER, GIORGIO. [Italy]. 97 albumen photographs, each approximately 7 3 / 4 x10 inches mounted to larger album cards. Oblong 4to, 10 1 / 2 x14 1 / 2 inches, contemporary morocco album, moderate wear but holding together well; images clean, mounts with minor staining. [Italy, circa 1880’s] [1,000/1,500] Mostly captioned within the negatives, the majority of images represent views, architecture and ruins of Rome and Pompeii including an exploding Vesuvius; other images are from Tivoli, Naples, Capri, Sorrento and Castellemmare. 312