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Caspari,  Chrétien  Edouard  (1840-1918).  Album  of  Ten  Original  Watercolour  Views  of...

Caspari, Chrétien Edouard (1840-1918). Album of Ten Original Watercolour Views of Saigon and Environs. 1877-1878.

by Caspari, Chrétien Edouard (1840-1918)

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Oblong Quarto Album (ca. 18 x 28cm). Ten watercolour and ink on paper sketches; six larger sketches, ca. 13x21 cm (5x8 in), and four smaller ones, ca. 10,5x14 cm (4 x 5 ½ in). All captioned and dated in ink in the lower margins of the images, with additional pencil captions or notes on the mounts. Period style maroon gilt tooled half morocco with cloth sides. Watercolours mounted laid paper leaves. Album overall in very good condition.Beautiful sketches taken from life by a French colonial engineer, while serving in Indochina. The collection includes several interesting views of Saigon showing the La Sainte Enfance School, St. Joseph Seminary (‘Seminaire Annamite’), the house of the director of the French arsenal, a horse-driven carriage or ‘Malabar’ et al. The watercolours include some nice portraits of the locals, including a sketch… Read More
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Castéra,  Jean  Henri  (1749-1838)  &  Argyropolous  Iakovos  [transl.]  (1776-1850).  İcmal-i...

Castéra, Jean Henri (1749-1838) & Argyropolous Iakovos [transl.] (1776-1850). İcmal-i eva'il-i ahval-i devlet-i Rusiya [or] Katerina Tarihi [General Overview of the History of the Russian Empire [or] The History of Catherine]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1246 H. [1830].

by CASTÉRA, Jean Henri (1749-1838) & ARGYROPOLOUS Iakovos [transl.] (1776-1850).

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Second edition. Octavo (ca. 27x17 cm). [9], 225 pp. (numbered in Eastern Arabic system). Text in Ottoman Turkish within a double border, first text page decorated with traditional floral ornaments. Occasional pencil notes in Turkish in text. Period Ottoman green quarter sheep with marbled papered boards, spine with gilt tooled ornaments and gilt lettered title “Tevarih Caterinié.” Expertly recased using original spine, paper slightly age toned, but overall a very good copy.Very Rare Ottoman imprint with only five paper copies found in Worldcat.Second Bulaq edition of the popular biography of Catherine the Great written by marquis Jean Henri Castéra, French diplomat, traveler and translator, who gathered much of the original information while on diplomatic service in Saint Petersburg. The book was first published just a year after the death of the… Read More
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[Chamberlain,  Rahmeh  Theodora]  (1864-1924)  &  [Chamberlain,  Emilie  Agnes]  (1874  or...

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Oblong Folio album (ca. 24x30,5 cm). 29 card stock leaves. With 150 mounted albumen photographs, including thirty-two large ones, from ca. 18,5x27 cm (7 ¼ x 10 ½ in) to ca. 15x20 cm (6 x 7 ¾ in); the other photos are from ca. 11x15 cm (4 ¼ x 5 ¾ in) to ca. 3,5x5 cm (1 ¼ x 2 in). All but six photos with period ink captions in English on the mounts; sixteen studio photos are captioned and/or signed in negative. Period red half morocco album with red pebbled cloth boards; gilt-tooled borders on the spine and boards; moire endpapers. Album mildly rubbed at extremities, a few images mildly faded, but overall a very good album of strong interesting photos.Historically significant unique collection of original snapshot and studio photos, illustrating the charity trip of Lady Rahmeh Chamberlain to Cape Town, Mafeking and… Read More
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Charcot,  Jean-Baptiste  Étienne  Auguste  (1867-1936).  Autograph  Letter  Signed  “J....

Charcot, Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste (1867-1936). Autograph Letter Signed “J. Charcot” to M. Le Guillou Written shortly after Charcot became Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. Neuilly-sur-Seine, 3 May 1934.

by CHARCOT, Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste (1867-1936).

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Small Octavo (ca. 21x13,5 cm). 2 pp. Violet ink on watermarked laid paper with printed letterhead “29, Rue St. James, Neuilly-S-Seine, Maillot 04-87”. Worn with repaired tears on folds, otherwise a very good letter.In his letter Jean-Baptiste Charcot thanks his correspondent for “your amicable congratulations for my promotion to the Legion of Honour, <…> your congratulations were particularly dear to me <…> In all cases I renew the expression of my gratitude as I keep the best memories of our encounters and our collaboration. Your friendship is very important to me and I hope that in the future we’ll be able to meet again, and this will always be a great pleasure to me” [in translation]. Charcot became a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour on 6 March 1934. This award was apparently related to his successful… Read More
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Charnay,  Claude-Joseph  Désiré  (1828-1915).  Autograph  Letter  Signed  “Désiré...

Charnay, Claude-Joseph Désiré (1828-1915). Autograph Letter Signed “Désiré Charnay” to “Mon cher ami” with the Latest News after his Arrival to Algiers for the Winter Season, the Letter is Decorated with a Printed Vignette Depicting Arab Camel Riders in a Desert. Algiers: 25 October 1891.

by CHARNAY, Claude-Joseph Désiré (1828-1915)

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Octavo (ca. 18x11,5 cm). 2 pp. Violet ink on thick paper with a printed vignette depicting travellers on camels in a desert. Centrefold mark, otherwise a very good letter.In a letter to his friend, noted French traveller and archaeologist D. Charnay describes his voyage to Algiers from France and his place of stay in the city: “Our place is 17 Rue Flatters, Alger, Belcourt, 20 minutes from town by train <….> The weather has been very good, 24 to 28 degrees, also my wife is all right, although coughing always a little bit. I’m expecting rain and cold which will be a hardship for her” (in translation). The letter is decorated with an attractive printed vignette reproducing a photo of two Arab camel riders in a desert.“Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay was a French traveller and archaeologist notable both for his… Read More
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[Chichagov,  Vasily  Yakovlevich]  (1726-1809).  Izvestiya  o  Puteshestviyakh  Rossiyan  okolo...

[Chichagov, Vasily Yakovlevich] (1726-1809). Izvestiya o Puteshestviyakh Rossiyan okolo Sveta (Prodolzheniye) [Relation about Voyages of the Russians around the World (Continuation)]. In: Litsey: Periodicheskoye Izdaniye [Litseum: A Periodical]. Part 2. Book 1. Pp. 69-86. Saint Petersburg: Imperial Typ., 1806.

by [CHICHAGOV, Vasily Yakovlevich] (1726-1809)

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First and only Russian edition. A period collection of four parts (Part 1, book 1; Part 2, book 1; Part 3, book 1 & Part 4, book 1) bound together. Octavo (ca. 21x13 cm). [2 – t.p.], 3-121; [2 – t.p.], 3-114; [2 – t.p.], 3-102; [2 – t.p.], 3-100 pp. The first title page with a period faded ink inscription by the owner. Period brown quarter sheep with papered boards; spine with gilt-tooled decorations and a green label with a gilt-lettered title. Binding neatly repaired on the spine, occasional water stains and foxing in text, but overall a very good original copy.Very rare Russian imprint with only two paper copies found in Worldcat - Yale University and New York Public Library (both holding complete sets of the magazine, comprising four parts, each in three books; no holdings of odd volumes found).Very rare and early (possibly,… Read More
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[Clark,  S.M.?].  Original  Autograph  Letter  Written  by  a  Gold  Miner  in  the  Garden...

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Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x19,5 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on bluish laid paper. Fold marks, two small holes on folds, ink mildly faded but still legible, paper slightly age-toned, but overall a very good letter written in a legible hand.A captivating original autograph letter written by a California gold miner, talking about his experiences in Garden Valley (El Dorado Co.) in the 1850s. The author (originally from Vermont) vividly describes his challenging voyage from New York to San Francisco on board a steamer, when steerage passengers were fed with “hard bread & stinking meat,” many people contracted “Panama fever,” and the author himself was so sick that “he could hardly crawl, walk or tumble around.” In great detail, he talks about the jobs he took, including gold mining, tree cutting and working at a sawmill, and records his… Read More
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Cleather,  William  H.,  Captain‚  1st  Ceylon  Regiment  (1783-1820).  Two  Extensive...

Cleather, William H., Captain‚ 1st Ceylon Regiment (1783-1820). Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed “W.H. Cleather” to his Sister Mary Littlehales, Describing his Early Service in the Military Regiment in British Ceylon, with notes on His Travel to Ceylon on Board HMS Thalia, Colombo Garrison and Officers, Local Society, Day Schedule et al. 1805-6.

by Cleather, William H., Captain‚ 1st Ceylon Regiment (1783-1820).

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HMS Thalia, “18 leagues to the North of St. Jago”, 20 October 1805 and Colombo Fort, 21 June (completed 2 September) 1806. Both Octavos (ca. 23x18 cm and 25x20 cm). Each 3 ½ pp. Both addressed and sealed on the last pages. Brown ink on watermarked laid and white paper. Fold marks, both letters with minor holes on the 4th pages after opening, affecting several words; second letter with tears and minor holes on folds, but overall very good letters.Two extensive letters giving an interesting firsthand account of the early British rule in Sri Lanka (the British occupied former Dutch possessions on the island only ten years earlier, in 1795). The first letter describes Cleather’s voyage to Ceylon from England on board HMS Thalia, with the notes on the heat of the gun room‚ the frigate’s captain Walker, Santiago Island (Cape Verde)… Read More
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Clifton  &  Co.  (fl.  ca.  1890s-1930s)  &  Others.  Album  with  97  Original  Gelatin  Silver...

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Folio (ca. 37x30,5 cm or 14 ½ x 12 in). 62 card stock leaves. With 73 mounted gelatin silver photos, including seventeen large images from ca. 22x28 cm (8 ½ x 11 in) to ca. 18,5x23 cm (7 ¼ x 9 in); the rest of the photos are from ca. 14x21 cm (5 ½ x 8 ¼ in) to ca. 10x14 cm (4 x 5 ½ in). Over a dozen photos are numbered in negative. Also with 24 mounted collotypes, each ca. 19x23,5 cm (7 ¼ x 9 ¼ in); all but three are signed “Clifton & Co., Bombay” in negative; sixteen are also captioned in negative. Over fifty images with period manuscript ink captions in Urdu. The first leaf with a paper label with printed and manuscript notes in Urdu, mounted on verso. Period maroon quarter morocco with cloth boards; spine with raised bands; gilt-lettered title “Album/Inde” on the front… Read More
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Collection  of  Two  Sepia  Pen  and  Wash  Watercolours  after  the  Aquatints  from  “A...

Collection of Two Sepia Pen and Wash Watercolours after the Aquatints from “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (1810) by Thomas and William Daniell’s; Titled: Anjere Point, Strait of Sunda; Malays of Java. Ca. 1810s.

by Thomas and William Daniell

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Two pen and wash watercolours on paper ca. 12x19 cm (4 ¾ x 7 ¼ in) and 13x19,5 cm (5 x 7 ½ in). Each mounted on a period album leaf ca. 19x23 cm (7 ½ x 9 in), captioned and signed “H.E.R.” in period ink on the mount or in the right lower corner. Paper slightly age-toned, one mount with a couple of tears on the lower margin not affecting the image; overall very good watercolours.Two attractive 19th-century pen and wash watercolours, drawn after the aquatints from Thomas and William Daniell’s “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (London: Longman, Hurst, Reees and Orme, 1810). The drawings, in a detailed and accurate manner, recreated two of Daniell’s “Javanese” aquatints – “Anjere Point, Strait of Sunda” and “Malays of Java.” The first one depicts… Read More
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Collection  of  Twenty  Early  Original  Albumen  Stereoview  Photographs  of  Egypt,  Showing...

Collection of Twenty Early Original Albumen Stereoview Photographs of Egypt, Showing Cairo, Ancient Egyptian Temples and Sites along the Nile and Suez Canal Under Construction. Ca. 1860s.

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Twenty pairs of albumen stereoview photographs, each pair ca. 7,5x14,5 cm (3 x 5 ¾ in) mounted on original grey, yellow and orange cards. Over a dozen cards numbered in negative (from “51” to “222”), one with a signature in negative partly trimmed off; one photo with a printed caption in French in negative; one photo with a printed caption in English on the paper label attached to the card’s verso. Seventeen photos with period manuscript captions and/or numbers in English or French on the cards’ versos. One photo with a paper label of a 19th-century Vienna dealer C. Jos. Rospini on the card’s verso, one photo with a photo dealer’s ink stamp dated “1965” on the card’s verso. Several images mildly faded or with minor stains, otherwise a very good collection of strong stereoviews.Interesting… Read More
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Collection  of  Three  Watercolours  of  Simonstown,  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  South  Africa.  Ca....

Collection of Three Watercolours of Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Ca. 1908.

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Two watercolours ca. 18 x 35.5cm (7 x 14 in.) and one ca. 15 x 23 cm (6 x 9 in.). Two watercolours initialled F.L. All three captioned in black ink on verso: From the slopes of the Simon's Berg Jan 1908; Bellevue, Simonstown, the Cape; Bellevue, Our Home, the Cape 1902. All on thick artist paper. The two larger watercolours have tape residue from earlier mounting on some outer margins but overall the watercolours are in very good condition.Three attractive scenic watercolours ca. 1908 views of Simon's Town near Cape Town, South Africa, "which is home to the South African Navy. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been an important naval base and harbour (first for the Royal Navy and now the South African Navy). The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early… Read More
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Collection  of  Fifteen  Loose  Large  Albumen  Photos  Mounted  on  Cabinet  Cards,  Including...

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Fifteen loose original albumen photos, each ca. 14x21,5 cm (5 ½ x 8 ½ in). Each photo is mounted on the original cabinet card ca. 15x30 cm (6 x 11 ¾ in). No captions. All edges of the card mounts are gilt. Card mounts are slightly rubber or scratched on extremities or verso; a couple of photos mildly faded, but overall a very good collection of rare cabinet card photos.Attractive collection of early, well-preserved albumen photos of Gibraltar and Tangier.The images of Gibraltar: General view from the Bay of Gibraltar; The Rock from the Road to Spain (with the border fence and guards in the lower right corner); The Rock from La Linea de la Concepcion; Naval ships at the New Mole in the Gibraltar Harbour; Gibraltar Harbour from the Upper Town; Grand Casemates Square and Moorish Castle; Gardiner’s Battery; Alameda Gardens (two views);… Read More
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Collection  of  Seven  Loose  Original  Gelatin  Silver  Photos  of  Vathy,  the  Main  Town  on...

Collection of Seven Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Vathy, the Main Town on the Greek Island of Samos in the Eastern Aegean Sea, then under the Administration of the Ottoman Turkey. Ca. 1905.

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Seven loose gelatin silver photos ca. 11,5x16 cm (4 ½ x 6 ½ in) mounted on period card ca. 21x27 cm (8 ¼ x 10 ½ in). All photos with period pencil or ink captions in French on recto or verso of the mounts; all but one photo also with period ink numbers on the mounts. A couple of photos mildly faded, several mounts slightly soiled, with creases or small tears, one mount with a loss of the upper right corner not affecting the image, but overall a very good collection of interesting photos.Interesting collection of lively vernacular photos of the town of Vathy on the Greek Island of Samos, taken by a French traveller in 1905. The island, located in the eastern Aegean Sea just one mile off the coast of western Turkey, was under the administration of the Ottoman Empire from 1835 to 1912. The photos, focusing on scenes of everyday… Read More
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Collection  of  Two  Albums  With  78  Original  Gelatin  Silver  Prints,  Over  120  Newspaper...

Collection of Two Albums With 78 Original Gelatin Silver Prints, Over 120 Newspaper Clippings and Several Pieces of Printed Ephemera and Typewritten Documents, Illustrating the Activities of the Anglo-Turkish Relief Fund Which Aided the Victims of the 1939 Erzincan Earthquake. Ca. 1940-1942.

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Two Folio albums (ca. 31x24 cm). Each with 24 stock leaves. Both albums house 78 gelatin silver prints, including 35 larger photos from ca. 17,5x23 cm (6 ¾ x 9 in) to ca. 14x16,5 cm (5 ¼ x 6 ½ in), and 43 smaller photos from ca. 10,5x16,5 cm (4 x 6 ½ in) to ca. 7x8,5 cm (2 ¾ x 3 ¼ in). Over twenty photos with the anagram of the Turkish “Anadolu Agency” in negative (“AA”); several photos with the ink stamps of British press agencies on verso (“The Times Copyright,” “Planet News Ltd., London,” “Sport & General Press Agency Ltd., London”); many photos with ink stamps on verso reading “Passed for publication. General Section, Press & Censorship Bureau” and dated February 1940. With over 120 British newspaper cuttings (dated January – April 1940),… Read More
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Collection  of  47  Large  Original  Gelatin  Silver  and  Albumen  Photos  of  Myanmar,  Showing...

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Forty-seven original photos, mounted on 38 loose sheets of period card ca. 27,5x36 cm (10 ¾ x 14 ¼ in). Forty-five gelatin silver photos include twenty-six larger ones, from ca. 22x29 cm (8 ½ x 11 ¼ in) to ca. 15x20,5 cm (6x8 in), and nineteen smaller ones, ca. 10x15 cm (4x6 in). With two albumen photos, ca. 21,5x27 cm (8 ¼ x 10 ½ in) and ca. 13x9,5 cm (5 x 3 ¾ in). All photos with period ink captions in French on the mounts, one gelatin silver photo and both albumen photos captioned in negative; two gelatin silver photos numbered in negative. Mounts slightly waved, but overall a very good collection of strong interesting photos.Attractive collection of 47 early original photos of Burma (Myanmar). The images include over a dozen views of Mandalay, showing Shwenanway (“royal” or “Golden… Read More
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Collection  of  Seventeen  Large  Original  Gelatin  Silver  Photographs  Showing  the...

Collection of Seventeen Large Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing the Construction on Cape Bailov/Bayil in Baku. Ca. 1910s.

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Seventeen loose gelatin silver photographs, each ca. 17x23 cm (6 ¾ x 8 ¾ in). Three photos with pencil captions in Russian on verso. One photo with a tear on the corner neatly repaired; overall a very good collection of interesting strong images.Rare original photographs of a construction site on Cape Bailov (Baku), possibly an auxiliary building to the Bibi-Eybat electric plant (built in 1901). The photos show different states of construction in summer and winter, the shores of the Bay of Baku with boats and steamers and portray workers and engineers. Two photos feature a sailor in the uniform of the “Kars” steamship, which joined the Russian naval fleet on the Caspian Sea in 1911. One of the photos has an extensive pencil note on verso detailing the history of the “Kars’” naval service. The distant shore of the Bay of… Read More
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Collection  of  Twenty-Seven  Loose  Platinum  and  Albumen  Photographs  of  Angkor  Wat,  Other...

Collection of Twenty-Seven Loose Platinum and Albumen Photographs of Angkor Wat, Other Angkorian Temples and Khmer Sculptures, Taken by or Related to the Direction des Arts Cambodgiens Headed by George Groslier. Ca. 1910s-1920s.

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Fifteen loose platinum prints ca. 17x23 cm (6 ½ x 9 in). Twelve albumen photographs, including eight ca. 13x19,5 cm (5 x 7 ¾ in) or slightly smaller, and four from ca. 16,5x23 cm (6 ½ x 9 in) to ca. 16x21 cm (6 ¼ x 8 ¼ in). Four larger albumen photos with blind stamps “D-A-C” in the corners and ink stamps “”Reproduction interdite sans autorisation de la Direction des Arts Phnom-Penh (Cambodge)” on verso. A couple of photos with minor corner losses, one with a small tear neatly repaired, a couple of images very mildly faded, but overall a very good collection of interesting strong images.A historically important collection of early 20th-century photos of Angkor Wat and the nearby temples, almost certainly related to the work and travels in Cambodia of George Groslier (1887-1945). A noted historian,… Read More
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Collection  of  Sixty-Eight  Original  Gelatin  Silver  Stereoview  Photographs  of  the  Natal...

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Sixty-eight pairs of albumen stereoview photographs, each pair ca. 7,5x15 cm (2 ¾ x 6 in) mounted on original grey cards. All but three photos captioned in negative; thirty-two cards with ink stamps of “Durban Stereoscopic Photo Club, 126 West Street” on verso. A few card mounts with very mild foxing, otherwise a very good collection of strong stereoviews.Historically important extensive collection of 68 early stereoview photos of the Natal Colony, taken by a member or associate of the lesser-known “Durban Stereoscopic Photo Club.” These photos are from the early 1900s and coincide with the Second Boer or South African War (1899-1902). The collection includes over twenty views of the colony’s capital Pietermaritzburg and over twenty views of Durban; the other photos show the environs of Pinetown and Inchanga, Howick Falls, Castle Hotel… Read More
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Collection  of  Sixteen  Loose  Albumen  Photos  of  the  East  Argentine  Railway,  Showing...

Collection of Sixteen Loose Albumen Photos of the East Argentine Railway, Showing Concordia (Entre Rios), Railway Stations in Gualeguaycito and Monte Caseros, a Four-Span Bridge over the Mandisovi River, Ceibo River and Nearby Ranchos, Monte Caseros, Company’s “Mensajero” Steamer in Ceibo, &c. Ca. 1880s.

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Sixteen loose original albumen photos, all ca. 16x22 cm (6 ¼ x 8 ½ in) or slightly smaller. Each photo is mounted on the original card ca. 23,5x28 cm (9 ¼ x 11 in). All but one photo with period pencil captions in English on verso, several photos also dated 1882 on verso. Mounts slightly age-toned and waved, several mounts with minor tears or chipping on extremities, several photos mildly faded, but overall a very good collection of early large rare photos.Historically significant collection of early large rare original albumen photos of the British-owned East Argentine Railway, built in 1871, to connect Concordia (Entre Rios, Argentina) and the port of Ceibo on the right bank of the Uruguay River. The railway passed Gualeguaycito, Federacion, Estancia Philippi, Chajari, Mocoreta, Naranjito, and Monte Caseros before reaching Ceibo, which developed… Read More
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