Bary, Mariano deMy diary of our trip to the Argentine Republic June 28 - October 24, 1891.Manuscript with title page with original drawings and 42 mounted original photographs. 131 hs. numm. S. 4°. Hardcover with gilt-stamped spine and cover title, rich ornamental gilding on spine, covers and inner edges, three gilt edges and marble endpapers. Gilt edges and marble endpapers (somewhat rubbed and bumped, partly slightly scuffed). Signed: J. Mössly. Bary, Mariano de Mein Tagebuch unserer Reise nach der argentinischen Republik 28. Juni - 24. Oktober 1891.manuscript with title page with original drawings and 42 mounted original photographs. 131 hs. numm. S. 4°. Hardcover with gilt-stamped spine and cover title, rich ornamental gilding on spine, covers and inner edges, three gilt edges and marble endpapers. Gilt edges and marble endpapers (somewhat rubbed and bumped, partly slightly scuffed). Signed: J. Mössly. Mariano Bary (1874-1917) came from an extremely influential entrepreneurial family active in Antwerp in the late 19th century. His father, Albert de Bary from Wuppertal, married the Argentinian Célina Saavedra, daughter of the former governor of the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires, in 1873, who died just three years later. Albert founded a number of joint-stock companies ("Mutualité Anversoise", "Société Anonyme Industrielle et Pastorale Belge Sud Américaine", "Compagnie des Produits Kemmerich"), as well as the company "von Bary & Co." in 1900, which took over the general agency of North German Lloyd, the Roland Line and the German East Africa Line. The Gera, on board which the family traveled to Argentina in 1891, was a city-class steamship of North German Lloyd, which had completed its maiden voyage to La Plata in January of the same year. The original photographs of the voyage, mounted in the extremely neatly written text, show group portraits on board, landscapes and photographs of the local population. - Album pages somewhat wavy in places due to mounted photographs. Occasionally somewhat brownstained. Slightly browned in the margins. Very good overall. German manuscript with title page with original drawings and 42 mounted original photographs. Cont. leather with gilt title on spine and covers, rich ornamental gilt on spine, covers and inner edges, gilt edges and marbled endpapers (somewhat rubbed and bumped, partly a little scuffed). Signed: J. Mössly. - Mariano Bary (1874-1917) came from an extremely influential family of entrepreneurs active in Antwerp in the late 19th century. His father, Albert de Bary, from Wuppertal, married Célina Saavedra, daughter of the former governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, in 1873, who died only three years later. Albert founded a number of stock corporations ("Mutualité Anversoise", "Société Anonyme Industrielle et Pastorale Belge Sud Américaine", "Compagnie des Produits Kemmerich"), as well as the company "von Bary & Co." in 1900, which took over the general agency of Norddeutscher Lloyd, Roland Linie and Deutsch-Ostafrika-Linie. The Gera, on which the family traveled to Argentina in 1891, was a Norddeutscher Lloyd city-class steamship that had completed its maiden voyage to La Plata in January of the same year. The original photographs of the voyage mounted in the extremely neatly written text show group portraits on board, landscapes and shots of the local population. - Album pages partly a little bit wavy due to mounted photographs. Sporadically somewhat brownspotted. Margins a little bit browned. Overall very good. This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.