LOT DETAILS

Materials:

39 albumen prints

Size Notes:

each approx.; Large oblong folio 38.8 x 68 cm

Description:

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Markings:

most captioned in manuscript ink in Persian, some captioned in French in pencil (captions cropped by the binder)

Condition:

near contemporary citron morocco gilt (uniform with lot 70), gilt edges, binding rubbed and marked

Provenance:

Dost Mohammed Khan, a prince of the royal house of Persia, an important amateur photographer, collector and traveller, who acquired a substantial collection of photographs during a tour of Egypt and Europe in the years 1883 to 1884 (cf. lot 269, sale in these rooms, "The Library of a Gentleman", 11 October 2005)