Erotic and travel photographs by one or more photographers. Circa 1900-1920. Set…
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Erotic and travel photographs by one or more photographers. Circa 1900-1920. Set of nearly 19 boxes containing over 250 positive glass plates (including "Vérascope" views). One box of plates titled "les petites touffes". Main subjects: erotica, eroticism, nude women (various poses), nude women, groups of nude women indoors and/or outdoors (forest, river and others), aerial views, animated scenes, life and street scenes, landscapes including mountains and glaciers, France (including Paris, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Versailles, Orleans, Lyon, Marseille, Cannes and Saint-Raphaël), Reunion Island, Japan (including Kobe, Okubo and Nikko), Asia, India (example: Maharaja's elephants), Hindu incineration, China (including Peking), Viet-Nam (Hanoi), Chad, Turkey, Egypt (including Cairo), Jerusalem, Africa, Ivory Coast, Madagascar (examples: leper or young Madagascan woman), Morocco (including Casablanca, Rabat and Meknes), Tunisia (including Tunis), Norway, Switzerland, England (London), Italy, Lapland camps, etc. Several views with annotations, handwritten captions on plates. Full size 45 x 107 mm. One plate with a broken corner. Expert : Isabelle CAZEILS - [email protected]

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Erotic and travel photographs by one or more photographers.

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