Late Victorian Early Edwardian Photo Album With Thirteen Portraits Of Cross Eyed Boys And Men

$1,250 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

No Place : No Publisher , c. 1890. A collection of late 19th portraits of cross-eyed strabismus boys and men. Ten cabinet cards, two cartes de visite, and one cardboard mounted black and white photo. Housed in a contemporary Art Nouveau album bound in green tapestry cloth and wooden upper cover carved in the style of Alphonse Mucha; with ornamental brass anchor and catch plates, lacking the clasp; all edges gilt. 10.75 x

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