Important Album of Photographs on INDIA. Circa 1890. Album measuring 34.5 by 48 cm. Worn black half-binding, period black boards. Many captioned photos. Glued to double pages, each page having photos on one side only. Lyon, Paris, Marseille, then AUSTRALIAN ship, with map PORT SAID and SUEZ: 18 photos. ADEN: 18 photos 28 by 21 cm Street scenes: 6 photos 28 by 21 cm. BOMBAY, Ahmenabad, Jaypore, DELHI etc. 88 large-format photos 28 by 21 cm. In all, around 120 large-format photos, and 10 in a smaller format. The album is enhanced by 96 large-format phototypes (Clifton). Very good condition.

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