- Occas. sm. imperfections/ defects. Lacks clasp; upper joint starting.
= Nice Art Nouveau album. I.a. by C. van der Aa (Alkmaar), M.H. Laddé (Amst.), H. v.d. Zijl (Amst.), Atelier Studio (Haarlem), C. Bosch Jr. (Hoorn), J.L.T. Huijsen (Hoorn) and W.D. Niestadt & Zoon (Medemblik). One cabinet-size portrait of a family from Holland, Michigan.
- Album heavily damaged.
= All by French photographers, i.a. L. Bert (Nimes), J. Bessein (Paris), Chambas, (Lyon), A. Clavier (Cannes), A. Janin (Villefranche) and Sinar (Vaucluse).
- Album lacks backstrip.
= Including several portraits of women in traditional dress.
= Including a few views of stately homes and ancient buildings. A few names: C. Hawkins (Bath), G. & S. Creed (London), W. Talbot (Newark), H.W. Cox (Birmingham), Thomas Tokoe (Clare, Suffolk), H.A. Chapman (Swansea), Blake & Edgard (Bedford), Evans (Redditch), T. Jones (Ludlow), J. Katterns (Northhampton).
= Later impression. Verso w. portrayed identified "Mauriac" in black ballpoint.
= Later impression. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIII.
= Later impression. Verso w. illegible pencil annot. ("La Gazette"?).
- Tiny flake from upper left corner. = Later impression. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIII.
= I.a. views of the Forbidden City, street views of Hong Kong and Shantou.
= Taken by a Dutchman. Mostly photographs of monumental buildings but also a few street views, i.a. of Chefoo (Yantai), Beijing and Hong Kong. Also some of Kyoto and Nikko in Japan.
- Oxidyzed along margins. Joint case broken.
= Sitter identified and photograph dated on small ticket on glass.
AND 12 others, 11 ambrotypes (sixth plate (6x) and ninth plate (5x), all in (dam.) leather cases, ±1860) and a small ferrotype (by Distributeurs Leoni, Paris).
- Lower edge cover broken off.
ADDED: an albumen portrait of a father with his two daughters (±1860), within an oval wooden frame and a small painted oval portrait of a gentleman on bone or vellum in a contemp. wooden frame, ±1830.
= "The series Exaltation stems from Dolrons extensive travels throughout Africa and Asia, between 1991 and 1999. The underlying aim of the project was to investigate existing relationships between spiritual longing and the physical world, concentrating on the body as a pivotal channel of material and immaterial sensations. The series represents religious ceremonies of diverse ethnic groups, showing how forms of physical mutilation are employed to cut off sensorial consciousness in order to gain spiritual intimacy with divine dimension" (www.desireedolron.com).
- Outer margins sl. oxidized; laid down on board (photographer's stamp on verso).
Anonymous (1st half 20th cent.). "Amsterdam Hoofdbank". Gelatin silver print, 23x29 cm., under passepartout w. printed title, framed. - AND 2 miscell. others.