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Art, Architecture & Photography

Rare photograph of three men praying in the Sahara

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ALGERIA]. Sahara Algérien - la prière.
[Ca. 1880]. One albumen print (ca. 21 x 27.5 cm). Mounted on grey/green cardboard (ca. 28 x 39 cm), with a black border around the albumen print. Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [1] photograph. Full description

€ 400

Islamic Art, Culture & Science North Africa Photography

Captivating views of the Alhambra, produced for tourists visiting Granada

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ALHAMBRA]. MAUZAISSE, Charles (photographer). [Collection of 13 photographs of the Alhambra in Granada].
[Granada, ca. 1865]. All albumen photographic prints (18 x 24 cm) are mounted on black card stock (29.5 x 21 cm). [13] ll. Full description

€ 9,500

Architecture Islamic Art, Culture & Science Photography Spain

Nineteenth-century panorama photograph of Sydney Harbour

[PHOTOGRAPHY - AUSTRALIA]. [Sydney Harbour and Circular Quay].
[Sydney, ca. 1875]. Ca. 8 x 46.5 cm. Panorama photograph, consisting of three albumen prints joined together with white bookcloth. Full description

€ 350

Australia Photography

Late 19th-century photographs of Sydney and surroundings

[PHOTOGRAPHY - AUSTRALIA]. [Views of New South Wales].
[Australia, ca. 1885]. Folio (ca. 44 x 36.5 cm). With 65 albumen prints. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the front, gold-tooled turn-ins, gilt edges, watered-silk end papers. [29] ll. Full description

€ 5,500

Australia Photography

A photographic tour from France to Australia, via Egypt

[PHOTOGRAPHY - AUSTRALIA, EGYPT & FRANCE]. [Album containing photographs of Australia, Egypt and France].
[ca. 1895]. Oblong folio (28 x 39 cm). With 58 printed photographs (ca. 21 x 25.5 to 13.5 x 20 cm). Mounted on both sides of the leaves in the album. Contemporary black morocco, gold-tooling to boards and spine and gilt on all edges. [60] pp. Full description

€ 5,000

Australia Egypt France North Africa Photography

Rare photographs of a Nissan car show in the Middle East in the 1970s

[PHOTOGRAPHY - CAR SHOW]. Car show.
[1970s]. Eight photographs (all ca. 9 x 12.5 cm). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [8] photographs. Full description

€ 400

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Photography Saudi Arabia Technology

Collection of photographs of 19th-century Egypt, by the leading Orientalist photographer of the time

[PHOTOGRAPHY - EGYPT], SÉBAH, Jean Pascal. [Collection of 34 albumen prints of Egypt].
[Cairo?, 1888-1900?]. 34 albumen prints (ca. 22 x 27 cm) mounted on cream cardstock (ca. 28 x 35.5 cm). Full description

€ 4,000

Egypt Islamic Art, Culture & Science North Africa Photography

A 19th century souvenir album by the Zangaki brothers,
with 34 albumen prints of Egypt and its inhabitants

[PHOTOGRAPHY - EGYPT]. ZANGAKI BROTHERS. [Cover title:] Aegypten 1891.
[Egypt, Zangaki brothers, 1891]. Oblong album (31.5 x 41 cm). With 34 large albumen prints mounted on heavy cardstock leaves. Most of the photographs are numbered and captioned in French in the negative and signed 'Zangaki'. The last one is signed Sebah & Joallier. The Zangaki prints measure 22.5 x 28.5 cm; the Sebah & Joallier one is 20.5 x 26.5 cm. Original gold-stamped bubble-grained maroon cloth over boards. [36] ll. Full description

€ 3,500

Egypt North Africa Photography

Rare late 19th-century photograph of two Bedouins engaged in falconry

[PHOTOGRAPHY - FALCONRY]. [Two Bedouins hunting with birds of prey].
[Ca. 1880]. One albumen print (ca. 22 x 27.5 cm). Tipped onto a stiff paper mount (ca. 40 x 30 cm). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. Full description

€ 250

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Falconry, Fishing & Hunting Photography

Sterographs of the procession of the holy carpet, taken by American photographers in the late 19th century

[PHOTOGRAPHY - HOLY CARPET]. RAU, William Herman and Roddo York YOUNG (photographers). [Holy carpet].
[Early 20th century]. Various sizes. With two stereographic cards and one photographic print. Mounted on cardboard. [3] photographs. Full description

€ 300

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