Lot 75
India.- Photograph Album of views of India and Burma, c.150 photographs, 1899.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
India.- Photograph Album of views of India and Burma, mainly c.120 x 94mm. and c.270 x 206mm., c.150 photographs mounted on 41ff., 4 or fewer to a page, some whole page, captioned in contemporary manuscript hand, some spotting to mounts, overall a clean and varied collection, contemporary half morocco, hinges weak and joints cracked, spine and corners rubbed, oblong 4to, 1899.
⁂ An extensive late 19th century collection of views, including: temples, rock carvings and palaces, such as, among others, at Madurai, Delhi, including the Juma Masjid Mosque, Agra and Rangoon; landscape and river scenes, such as in Darjeeling and Kashmir; some processions and street scenes, such as in Jeypore; and Burmese women, posing and dancing.
Description
India.- Photograph Album of views of India and Burma, mainly c.120 x 94mm. and c.270 x 206mm., c.150 photographs mounted on 41ff., 4 or fewer to a page, some whole page, captioned in contemporary manuscript hand, some spotting to mounts, overall a clean and varied collection, contemporary half morocco, hinges weak and joints cracked, spine and corners rubbed, oblong 4to, 1899.
⁂ An extensive late 19th century collection of views, including: temples, rock carvings and palaces, such as, among others, at Madurai, Delhi, including the Juma Masjid Mosque, Agra and Rangoon; landscape and river scenes, such as in Darjeeling and Kashmir; some processions and street scenes, such as in Jeypore; and Burmese women, posing and dancing.