JAPAN. spine title TWO ALBUMS OF 108 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPAN, MOST HAND-TINTED, PRODUCED

by Professional Photographers, ca. 1880s

$8,500 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

various places in Japan: ca. 1880s . Two oblong albums, 15 1/2 x 11 in., bound in 3/4 leather and koi fish patterned cloth. A collection of images of shrines, river views, hotels, natural settings, and villages of 19th century Japan. Studio photos laid down on stiff card stock mounted on cloth tape stubs. Images are on rectos and versos of the card stock, one to a page, each 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. Most are identified with printed captions and numbers. Some light rubbing to leather and soiling to

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