Early photography: a fine collection of 19th century albumen...

Hammer

£200

Early photography: a fine collection of 19th century albumen prints of churches and cathedrals contained in a folio for the Architectural Photographic Association - comprising sixteen prints of architectural features of French cathedrals (Chartres, Civray, Rouen, St. Riquier, Poitiers, Loches, Tours, Boscherville), all pasted onto card mounts with printed, numbered labels pasted to lower right corner; plus thirty-one similarly mounted albumen prints with handwritten inscriptions, including St. Gilles Abbey Church, Bourges Cathedral, Rouen (Cathedral, Les Halles, Church of Saint Maclou, Church of Saint Ouen, Hotel du Bourgtheroulde, Palais de Justice), Amiens Cathedral, Abbeville Church of Saint Vulfran, Tarascon Church of Saint Martha, Caen Church of Saint Pierre, Arles Church of Saint Tromphime and Cloisters, each card mount 18 x 14 in, the prints ranging from 9½ x 7½ in to 11 x 9½ in, all contained in a half calf folio with green boards, with gilt crest for the 'Architectural Photographic Association', 46.5 x 36.5 cm.