79/4495 [Amsterdam]. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Wereldtentoonstelling voor het Hotel- en Reiswezen. Series of 39 albumen prints, nearly all 17x12 cm. (or vice versa), mounted on boards, in contemp. silverlettered ("Album") cl. album, obl. 4to.

- Board mounts some occas. foxing (not affecting photographs). Backstrip of album loosening.

= Rare, unpublished photographs of the World exhibition that took place in Amsterdam in 1895. Most photographs show scenes in "Oud-Holland", a small town in 17th cent. style behind the Rijksmuseum, specially built for the World exhibition. The town i.a. comprised a canal, a courtyard and a market square. The reconstructed houses of the town mainly contained food and drinkfacilities, shops with so-called traditional trinkets and acts. Provenance: the collection of Ruud J. Kijzer (1840-1904). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVIII.