- Hinges weak. Backstrip partly loosening; album sl. dustsoiled.
= Views of the castle and chapel (and its stained glass windows) of Preisch in north-eastern France, just south of the border with Luxemburg. With dedication in pen on first leaf: "Souvenir affectueux Ch. de Gargan". Baron Charles Joseph de Gargan (1831-1920) was the owner of the property.
= All views of Poti, incl. the harbour with a sinking ship ("Dampfer Karro[?]").
ADDED: 24 miscell. others, all Russian, mostly press photographs (1960s) and incl. 3 cabinet photographs, a stereophotograph of the Nevsky Prospekt (St. Petersburg) and a snapshot of Lake Baikal (early 20th cent.).
= I.a. large (street)views of Folkestone (6 views), Southampton (2x Poulton's Series), the Electric Tramway station on the Isle of Man, a few nice group photographs (i.a. (sl. dam.) photo of a school football squad), Kenilworth Castle and a photograph of a sale by Hale & Son auctioneers of hundreds of elephant tusks.
= I.a. ANONYMOUS, Mount Snowdon; ANONYMOUS, "Whitby Abbey"; James VALENTINE, "Fingalls Cave. Staffa"; IDEM, "Fingalls Cave, Staffa. (Looking Out); IDEM, "Waterloo Hotel. Bettws-y-Coed'; IDEM, "Pass of Glencoe From near the Bridge of the Three Waters"; IDEM, "Pass de Melfort, Oban"; IDEM, "The Pass of Aberglaslyn"; IDEM, "Inverness from the Castle"; IDEM, "Edinburgh from the Castle"; IDEM, "Iona Cathedral and St. Martins Cross"; IDEM, "Forth Bridge. Length 8296 Ft. Height 354 Ft., Spans 1700 Ft."; IDEM, "Loch Maree from Glen Docharty, Ross-shire"; IDEM, "Pavillion and Pier. Llandudno"; IDEM, "Portree from Scory-Breag [Scorrybreac]"; IDEM, "Folkestone Harbour'; IDEM, "Front Court, Trinity College, Cambridge"; IDEM, "Glasgow Cathedral"; IDEM, "Brighton from Marie Parade"; FRANCIS FRITH & CO, "Conway Castle"; IDEM, "York Minster"; IDEM, "Dovedale Thorp Cloud"; HUDSON's SERIES, "Gelert's Grave"; Monogrammist G.W., "Clifton Bridge, from Ashton Meadows - High Water"; IDEM, "West Tower, Ely Cath. from the gallery"; Monogrammist W.L., "Cliff Ballybunton Co. Kerry" and PETITT, "Eaton Hall. Chester". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LI.
- Publisher's stamps on recto and verso.
= "A. Farrougia, Relieur de la Cour, Depôt de Photographies, Corfou".
Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Parthénon (Nord-Ouest). Mounted gelatine silver print, ±1880, 22x29 cm. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Vue générale de l'Acropole et Temple de Théssée. Mounted collotype print, ±1890, 22x56 cm. (tiny tear). Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Mycènes. Tombeau de Clytemnestre. Mounted collotype print, ±1890, 22x29 cm. - AND ±40 other (all but a few mounted) collotype, gelatine silver and albumen prints of similar size, ±1900, with views of Greek antique sites and art works (mostly in Athens).
= Views of i.a. Acropolis and its different sites (Parthenon, Propylaia, Erechtheion), Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hephaestus, Theatre of Dionysus and Hadrian's Gate (Athens), Temple of Aphaia (Aegina) and Corinth Canal.
- A few sm. defects; mostly fine.
= Comprises i.a. views of Teyler's Museum, Paviljoen 'Welgelegen', De Grote Markt, Amsterdamse Poort, the ruins of Brederode castle and De Kerkstraat. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= Rare fine complete album concerning the Frans Hals Festivities in Haarlem on June 14, 1900. In the presence of Queen Wilhelmina and Queen Mother Emma, a statue of the painter who died in Haarlem was unveiled, a concert was held in the Sint Bavo church and a parade was organized. Provenance: the collection of A.M. van den Broek.
= "Aangeboden aan den Heer Mr. J.N.J.E. Heerkens Thijssen door Willlem Dyserinck", Interesting album in documentary style, showing the exterior and interior of the Haarlem prison, i.a. the central hall, workshops, portraits of officials and offices.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, mostly with his collector's stamp on verso.
- Binding sl. foxed.
= Attractive album of the period that Wilhelmina was queen of the Netherlands, showing different events, such as State-visits, children during the aubade held in front of the city hall when princess Beatrix was born in 1938, Wilhelmina and her daughter Juliana on the balcony of the Palace on Dam square during the celebration of her 40 years jubilee as queen and views of Amsterdam by night.
"Koninklijk Bezoek aan de hoofdstad 8-14 juni 1937''. Album containing 112 anonymous mounted photographs, each 11,8x16,8 cm., all (but one) gelatin silver prints, title on first leaf, orig. hmor. w. central gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam on frontcover, obl. sm. folio.
- Title-p. trifle fingersoiled. Binding sl. foxed.
= Attractive album of the visit of the Royal family to Amsterdam in 1937, showing children waving the Dutch flag, police holding back the enthusiastic crowd; Wilhelmina and Juliana in a carriage and various buildings by night such as the Central Station.
= The four photographs show the building of the new extensions of the sugar production company Djatiwangi near Indramajoe (Cheribon) and are identified as "Molenhuis en rechthoekig daarop het nieuwe ketelhuis"; "Het begin vh dak vd binnenfabriek is gemaakt"; "Molen- en Ketelhuis-dak" and "Molenhuis".
Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). Collection of 26 mounted albumen prints of the sugar production factory Djatiwangi and surrounding houses, gardens and fields, ±1900, each 16,4x22,5 cm., laid down on thick grey boards.
- A few mounts sl. waterstained in upper margin.
= Showing people at work in the factory, the gentlemen running the company (all dressed in white), the grounds outside the factory (incl. what appears to be the house with gardens of the director of the factory), and incl. a photograph of the factory seen from the outside with a chimney with two dates painted on its side: "1884" and "1896".
- Album sl. scratched.
= Contains charming provincial small-town views in central/ Eastern Java. Some captions: "Padangan - kruispunt van den grooten weg van Soerabaja (links) naar Tjepoe (rechts)", "Kalitidoe - De Dorps-straat", "Bodjonegoro - Brug over de Solo, weg van Rembang naar Bodjonegoro", "Nglirip - op den achtergrond de brug over de waterval", "Toeban - een zicht in het oude stadje", "Toeban - station N.I.S.", "Tjepoe - voetbrug over de Kali Solo", "Tjepoe - de Societeit, wier dagen zijn geteld...", "Blora - een zicht in het stadje" and "Rembang - in het oude stadje". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
- Binding defective.
= Largest part is centred around views of the Dutch Indies, i.a. the clearing of a forest for a tobacco plantation in Deli, the administrator's building in Serdang, a passar, views of Batavia, Pledang village, bridge at Batu-Toelis, a dancing group ("Wajang-Orang"). Also views of Hilversum, Laren, Leersum.
= Attractive print. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (The Bromo caldera and the Tengger range on Java). Panoramic view on 6 attached albumen prints, together 21x85,5 cm, ±1880.
- Folded and sl. foxed.
Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Hotel te Tosari. Albumen print, 28,5x38 cm.
- Sl. frayed. = Identified in contemp. hand on verso.
AND ±45 others, incl. a few fine albumen prints of native people and a panorama of the "Karbouwengat" (mainly smaller size (between 10x14 cm. and 12,5x20 cm.) and incl. 9 later press photographs.