Photograph Album - The Drive in Wales, September 1886

1886. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A Family Horse & Carriage Tour in Wales. A Photograph Album in full black morocco, small mark, gilt edge tooling & titles, bevelled edges. Gilt tooling & titles to spine. Internally, ms list of coach party to fpd, 10 line ms poetical presentation inscription from Rowland Ward to Mrs Blundell Maple to fep, followed by 3 albumen prints of the coach party [names below], and 26 albumen prints of Snowdonia and North Wales, mostly by John Valentine with a couple by Francis Frith, all approx. 10*6 inches, mounted onto card, all edges gilt. Listed - as follows: 1. Party of Seven as listed plus the servants, with carriage and two pairs of horses, in stable yard outside house. 2. Ditto, en route somewhere.. 3. Ditto, outside large house (Penthyn Castle?) 4. Conway Castle JV6727 5. Carnarvon Castle JV6432 6. Menai and Britannia Bridges JV6500 7. Un-Named - woman in Welsh national dress in ancient porch with spinning wheel and basket of dolls in national dress 8. Un-Named - black and white timbered house with elaborate carved wooden doorway and windows on ground floor. 9. Beddgelert from Aberglaslyn JV5878 10.The Bridge, Beddgelert JV5872 11.Llewelyns House, Beddgelert JV6875 12.On the Gwynant, Beddgelert JV6874 13.Nant Francon Valley JV6805 14.Llanberis Castle JV6587 15.Entrance to Pass of Llanberis JV6425 16.Snowdon from Llanberis JV6588 17.Llanberis Lake, Castle and Snowdon JV6589 18.Capen Curig and Snowdon JV6802 19.Lledi Valle - pencilled caption, seemingly not a commercial print 20.Aberglaslyn Pass - the same 21.Festiniog Rail: Tan y Bwlch, Frith series 9386 22.Bethus - pencilled caption, showing the Royal Oak Jotel 23. View from Pony y Pair Bettws y Coed JV6732 24.Milner Bridge Bettws y Coed JV6842 25.Roman Bridge Bettws y Coed JV6819 26.Swallow Falls Bettws y Coed JV6739 27.Bettws y Coed Frith Serie 8758 28.Ladies of LLangollen, photo of a print 29.Llandudn from Great Ormees Head JV6663 [56379]