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ITALY, EUROPE AND GREAT BRITAIN - PHOTOGRAPHY
A collection of approximately 24 views in Italy including Rome, Venice, Naples and nearby coast by Carlo Ponti, and Robert Rive, folio; and 8 other albums of photography, mostly European/British views and artworks, with other loose photographs, including Switzerland (3 by Charnaux frères), Egypt and elsewhere (quantity)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ITALY, EUROPE AND GREAT BRITAIN - PHOTOGRAPHY

A collection of approximately 24 views in Italy including Rome, Venice, Naples and nearby coast by Carlo Ponti, and Robert Rive, albumen prints, various sizes, [1880s]--Album of views in Derbyshire (including Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Alfreton, Wingfield Manor, Hardwick Hall, dated August 1877), and some neighbouring counties (Newstead Abbey, Chester), 59 albumen prints, a few by Frith Series, ownership stamp of H.C.J. Bunbury on upper cover, [c.1877]; Album of views in Great Britain (19), United States and Canada (24, photographers including J.S. Johnston, N.Y., and W. Notman, Montreal), and Northern Europe (20), albumen and gelatin silver prints, [late nineteenth century]--Album of views in Rome, Italy, approximately 70 albumen prints (of which 25 of paintings and artworks), mounted one per page, original white and red boards gilt, [1880s]--Album of views in Great Britain, upwards of 150 albumen prints, some professional (J. Valentine, and others), some amateur (including Blackheath, Lee and areas of outer parts of South London), [1880s/90s], unless otherwise mentioned contemporary half morocco, spines defective, folio; and 8 other albums of photography, mostly European/British views and artworks, with other loose photographs, including Switzerland (3 by Charnaux frères), Egypt and elsewhere (quantity)

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