- Clasp loose, lower catch loosening.
= Provenance: 4 members of one family (3x with surname "Zeilinga"), owner's names on first leaf i.a. of Abraham Ede Zeilinga and his wife Aaltje Geert Klein, and dated "Liverpool 28 Julij 1867". Cartes-de-visite of i.a. King William III, Prince Alexander, Prince Frederik, Prince Hendrik (2x), Princess Beatrice (daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert), Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria, Princess Frederika, Queen Maria Henriette of Belgium, King Leopold I of Belgium, Wilhelm Prince of Orange, Augusta Empress of Germany, the Crown Prince of Sweden with his bride, Eugenie Empress of France. The album also contains 25 carte-de-visite sized albumen prints of paintings showing historical scenes (w. explanatory letterpress text in Dutch on verso).
- Lacks 1 clasp; some of the early cartes-de-visite are photographs of painted portraits.
- A few album leaves sl. dam. Music box without key (not clear if it is in working condition).
= Contains i.a. albumen prints of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, the Queen and Prince Albert, Prince of Wales Edward VII, Prince of Wales and Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Alice, Prince Ludwig of Hesse, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Edward VII Prince of Wales, Alexandra Princess of Wales, Prince Albert Victor, Prince George (later King of Greece), Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll, Princess Mary of Cambridge, Prince Teck, Willie Duff Dunkeld (ghillie, gardener, fiddler, flyfisher and violinmaker, who worked at the Blair Atholl Estate and was a close friend of Queen Victoria), Maximilian archduke of Austria and emperor of Mexico, Edward II Prince of Wales, Alexandra Princess of Wales (in her robes as Doctor of Music), the King of Prussia Wilhelm I, Kaiser Wilhelm I, William Gladstone and Prince Louis Napoleon. The album also contains about 30 other cartes-de-visite, mostly of members of the Pontet family (i.a. Edward Pontet, Caroline Pontet and Georgina Pontet).
= Some photographers: Eric Raquét (Göteborg), H.&H. Johanson (Visby), F. Södergren (Norrköping), B.J. Bengtsson (Trelleborg) and J.G. Wetterholm (Jönköping).
- Identified in pencil on verso.
= Interesting collection incl. images from i.a. Beijing, Hong Kong, Port Arthur and Manchuria, the larger part ostensibly from one and the same source. Also incl. a few scenes with criminals being punished (shortly before and after decapitation) and several scenes (small sizes) from Siberia: Irkutsk, Zima, Lake Baikal (aboard the steam liner) and the Siberian-Chinese railway. One photograph showing "Criminals exiled to Siberia". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
ADDED: 5 press photographs, 1960s, i.a. concerning South Korea.
= See https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/achtergrond/jan-cremers-amsterdam/ (identifying the location).
= The first photograph w. vertical red pencil line to change the frame and verso w. various stamps by LIFE, i.a. dated "5-13-67" and "Story & Location: James Jones Closeup" and w. manuscript annot. "Standing: Gloria Jones".
- Vague fold in lower right corner.
AND 4 other gelatin silverprints of the Paris literary (beat) scene by the same, 31x13,8 to 26,5x34 cm., 2x w. stamp "Photo by Loomis Dean" on verso.
- One photograph mounted on board; 1x w. small stain.
= Two photographic re-interpretations of the painting by Manet.
- A few sm. stains in upper margin.
AND 2 other photographs of the same subject by the same, 34x23,1 and 33,9x23,1 cm. (1x w. s few sm. stains)..
- Two photographs w. sl. worn spots in margins.
- Tipped on paper leaf; some sm. rubbed spots at outer edges. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
Idem. (Older hippie raising his arms). Gelatin silverprint, 26,7x33,9 cm. - AND 2 other gelatin silverprints of the same hippie, 34,8x16,1 and 23,1x33,5 cm., both w. (part of) stamp "Life Photo Loomis Dean" on verso (both tipped on paper leaf; 1x w. vertical fold in left margin).
- Some sl. soiling; waterst. in lower blank margin. = Provenance: the collection of Hank Onrust.
- Photographs partly sl. faded. Binding badly waterstained; backstrip dam.
= Photographs by i.a. H. Arnoux (19x), Zangaki (11x), Bonfils (8x), P. Sébah (4x) and L. Fiorillo (2x).
= A fine collection, consisting of albumen prints by Sebah (6x, mounted on recto and verso of 3 leaves) Béchard (5x); Bonfils (15x); H. Lekegian (3x) and 3 unsigned prints. Partly with caption in the print, i.a. "849 Eisneh temple", "*74. Île Élephantine", "853 Edfou temple" (all by Sebah); "No. 59, Edfou, Chapelle du Nouvel an", "No. 33. Philae Colonnades du Temple d'Isis (Est)", "No. 174 Fontaine aux Abblutions Sultan Assan, Caire" (all by Béchard) and "68. Phylae, Temple Hypêtre, vue de face (Égypte)", "37. Karnak. Avenue centrale de la salle hypostyle (Egypte)", "55. Thèbes. Montagne des tombeaux des rois (Égypte)", "71. Phylae. Vue générale des Temples Isis avec Palmier (Égypte)", "Mosaique Kait-Bey (Caire) Tombeau des Mamelouks" (all by Felix Bonfils); "Foret de Palmiers. (Sakkarah) 345" and "Intérieur de la Mosque Sultan Hassan. No.39" (both by Lekegian).
- Incl. several faded prints and a few mounts w. print on recto and verso.
= Including several fine views of the Suez canal, the "Quai de Port Said", "Pont des Caravanes de la [...?]" (Zangaki), (Kaït Bey Mosque in Cairo) (Zangaki), two fine photographs of European tourists near the pyramid of Cheops, "Mosq. El-Azhar (étudiants)" (J.P. Sebah), "Arbre de la Vierge" (J.P. Sebah), "Statue de Memphis à Sakkara" and a woman selling dates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
= I.a. nudes and prostitutes at work.
ADDED: 15 miscell. others, incl. photogr. plates and a picture postcard.
= Some of the monograms: Lydia, J.H., J.R., G.P., BMV, J.B., E.R. and P.C. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
= Contains views of i.a. Venice, Verona, Innsbruck, Vienna, Berlin and Budapest.