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Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Early Travel Photography 1850 -1950 Early Travel Photography 1850 -1950 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Early Travel Photography 1850 -1950 32 Saint George Street T +44 (0)20 7493 0876 [email protected] London W1S 2EA F +44 (0)20 7495 5010 www.shapero.com Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books 32 Saint George Street London W1S 2EA T +44 (0)20 7493 0876 F +44 (0)20 7495 5010 [email protected] www.shapero.com Terms and Conditions The condition of all photographs has been described; all items in this catalogue are guaranteed to be complete and in good condition unless otherwise stated. All items are offered for sale under the antiquarian retailers margin scheme, except for books and photographic albums which are zero rated forVAT purposes. Invoices will be rendered in £ sterling. The title of goods does not pass to the purchaser until the invoice has been paid in full. Please note images reproduced in this catalogue are not to scale. To enquire after any item in this catalogue please contact Roland Belgrave: [email protected] vat number G.B. 466 5294 16 NB: The illustrations are not equally scaled. Exact dimensions will be provided on request. Photographs Front Cover - Item 85. BOURNE Samuel and SHEPHERD Charles, DAYAL, Lala Deen, Raja and ORR & BARTON. India albums (2). Edited by Roland Belgrave Design & Artwork by Scott Harvey and Andy Butterton Photography by Louie Fasciolo Printed by Thanet Press Ltd. Contents Europe Items 1 – 23 North Africa Items 24 – 28 The Middle East Items 29 – 56 Afghanistan Items 57 – 59 The Indian Subcontinent Items 60 – 133 Burma Items 134 – 145 The Far East Items 146 – 153 South East Asia Items 154 – 158 Australasia Items 159 – 160 The Americas Items 161 - 163 1. THOMSON, John and SMITH, Adolphe. Street Incidents. A series of twenty-one permanent photographs, with descriptive letter-press. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1881. 4to, pp.100, with twenty woodburytype photographs, title page quite browned, otherwise a clean copy in original green cloth. Thomson travelled and photographed in the Far East for several years before opening a studio in London in 1875. Two years later he collaborated with the left-wing journalist, Adolphe Smith, on a study of some of the poorer inhabitants of the London, which was published as a part-work in 1877-8 under the title, Street Life In London. In terms of the history of photography, Street Incidents is highly signifi cant because it was the fi rst published collection of social documentary photographs anywhere in the world. Opinion at the time was divided about its merit either as art or as propaganda, and there may well have been some disagreement between Thomson, the artist-photographer, and Smith, the radical socialist writer, about the content of the photographs. ref: 73238 £5,250 6 Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books 2. NESBITT, William. Lowestoft, Suff olk. [c.1930]. Thirty sepia-toned gelatin silver prints, mounted and framed on card, titled and dated in ink on mount verso, good tonal range and in excellent condition, housed in a black half morocco over embossed blue/green cloth folding portfolio with black linen ties. Dimensions: 150 by 200mm (6 by 8 inches), and similar sizes. This group of very accomplished photographs was a gift from William Nesbitt to Edith Nesbit, famous chil- dren’s author and poet. There is a letter (photocopy) with this group of photographs in which Edith Nesbit thanks the photographer and mentions that she has sent him some of her latest books. ref: 74985 £1,250 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 7 3. LAURENT, Jean. Spain. [1870]. Folio (460 by 360mm.), Forty-four albumen prints, very good tonal range and in good condition, size are mainly 340 by 250mm, titles in manuscript, contemporary half-calf, guilt. Item 3 ref: 77276 £6,500 8 Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Item 3 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 9 4. DEGOIX, Celestino and HODCEND, Francois, Paul. Views of Genova, Pisa and Florence. [c.1860]. Oblong 4to (370 by 470mm.). Forty-fi ve albumen prints (180 by 225mm.), very good tonal range and in very good condition, pasted on original card, photographer’s blindstamp, contemporary green morocco, title and and edges in gilt. A very good collection of early views of Genova, Pisa and Florence. ref: 79427 £2,250 10 Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books 4 Item Item Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 11 5. [Photographer unknown]. Port of Piraeus, Athens. [c.1870]. Two-part panorama, albumen prints, good tonal range and in good condition. Dimensions: 200 by 495mm. (8 by 19.5 inches). ref: 79561 £750 12 Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books 6. BONFILS, Paul-Felix. Parthenon, Athens. [c.1867]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, photographer’s credit in negative. Dimensions: 200 by 285mm. (8 by 11 inches). ref: 79565 £375 7. Moriates, Petros. The porch of the Caryatids, Erechtheum, Athens. [c.1865]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition. Dimensions: 255 by 340mm. (10 by 13 inches). ref: 79566 £375 8. Moriates, Petros. The temple of Athena Nike, Athens. [c.1865]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, photographer’s credit in negative. Dimensions: 245 by 330mm. (10 by 13 inches). ref: 79567 £375 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 13 9. Moriates, Petros. Acropolis from north-west, with temple of Hephaestus and Athena Ergane in foreground, Athens. [c.1865]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition. Dimensions: 240 by 330mm. (9.5 by 13 inches). ref: 79568 £375 10. Moriates, Petros. The temple of Athena Nike, Athens. [c.1865]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, photographer’s number in negative. Dimensions: 255 by 330mm. (10 by 13 inches). ref: 79570 £375 11. Moriates, Petros. Temple of Hephaestus and Athena Ergane, Athens. [c.1865]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, photographer’s credit and number in negative. Dimensions: 235 by 330mm. (9.5 by 13 inches). ref: 79571 £375 14 Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books 12. Moriates, Petros. The temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. [c.1865]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, photographer’s number in negative. Dimensions: 240 by 330mm. (9.5 by 13 inches). ref: 79572 £375 13.. BONFILS, Paul-Felix. Parthenon, interior view, Athens. [c.1867]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, photographer’s credit in negative. Dimensions: 220 by 285mm. (8 by 11 inches). ref: 79573 £375 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 15 14. [Photographer unknown]. Corfu collection. [c.1860]. Four albumen prints. Good tonal range and in fair condition, ranging in size from 200 by 270mm. to 250 by 330mm. Views include the town and citadel of Corfu from the island of Vido, Fort Abramo, Potamo Gate and a general topographical view. There are also some smaller photographs of the Ascension islands. ref: 79225 £2,000 16 Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books 15. [Photographer unknown]. Travels in the Caucasus. [c.1930]. Oblong 4to (200 by 280mm.). Forty-six silver gelatin prints ranging in size from 60 by 120mm. to 90 by 140mm., brown leather covers. An amateur album of particular interest for depicting everyday life in various locations in Georgia. A number of street scenes appear to show the capital Tbilisi, various coastal resorths, most probably Poti or Batumi. Both Christian Churches and Mosques are shown, indicating that some of the photographs were taken on the border with Turkey. ref: 79423 £2,750 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 17 16. [Photographer unknown]. Croatia coastal tour. 1900. Oblong 4to, (300 by 390mm). Seventeen albumen prints (210 by 270mm), all with rich tones and in excellent condition, some with photographer’s title and number in negative, three pages at the end with amateur photographs, contemporary red marocco, title lettered in gilt ‘Dalmazia, Istria, Yacht Orietta,1900’. A rare album of this Croatian stretch of coastline, showing Sibenik, Spalato, Pula, and other ports and towns. ref: 73775 £2,750 18 Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books 17. STENGEL & Co. Croatia. [c.1900]. Thirty-three albumen prints. Good tonal range and in good condition, photographer’s credit, title and number in negative, some with blindstamp, titles in manuscript. Dimension: 220 by 280mm. (8.5 by 11 inches). People and places of Montenegro, Gravosa, Ragusa (Dubrovnick), Sibenic, Zara, Trau, Canosa, Spalato, Abbazia, Salona, Quarnero and a couple of unidentifi ed locations. ref: 79466 £4,500 Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950 19 18. [SEBAH, Pascal (attributed to)]. Fountain of Ahmed III, Istanbul. [c.1880]. Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original thin card. Dimensions: 265 by 345mm. (10.5 by 13.5 inches). ref: 77242 £425 19. SEBAH, Pascal. Fountain, courtyard of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. [c.1865]. Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition, photographer’s credit, title and number in negative, pasted on original thin card. Dimensions: 265 by 345mm. (10.5 by 13.5 inches). ref: 77243 £425 20. [SEBAH, Pascal (attributed to)]. Hagia Sophia and its plaza, Istanbul. [c.1865]. Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original thin card. Dimensions: 265 by 345mm. (10.5 by 13.5 inches).