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Celebrations in 19th-century Moscow: photographic prints showing an Imperial coronation
and the consecration of a cathedral

[PHOTOGRAPHY - RUSSIA - MIECZKOWSKI, Jan]. [Collection of photographic prints depicting Moscow during the coronation of Alexander III & Maria Feodorovna and the consecration of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in May 1883].
[Russian Empire (probably Warsaw in present-day Poland)], Mechkovsky (= Jan Mieczkowski), [1883]. 9 photographic prints mounted on large white paper boards, captioned in Russian above and below the image. Kept together in a clear plastic sleeve. Full description
€ 18,000
Photography Russia (incl. Siberia)
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Beautiful series of moving photographs

[PHOTOGRAPHY - SAUDI ARABIA - KUWAIT]. [Collection of twelve photographs, capturing daily life in Saudi Arabia in the 1950s].
[Saudi Arabia or Kuwait], 1954. Ca. 28.8 x 22.8 cm (sheet size: ca. 35.3 x 27.8 cm). Twelve photographic prints, all signed and dated. Housed in clear plastic folder. [12] photographs. Full description
€ 850
Anthropology & Ethnography Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Kuwait Photography Saudi Arabia
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Western tourists in Israel shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967 captured by a Dutch photographer

[PHOTOGRAPHY - THIRD ARAB-ISRAELI WAR - ISRAEL] DONY, Bianca. [Album with photographs showing parts of Israeli captured territories including the Golan Heights, the West Bank, parts of Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula].
Israel, 1967. Oblong album (ca. 20 x 26 cm); photographs in slightly varying sizes (ca. 18.5 x 24 cm). 44 silver gelatin photographs (including 2 duplicates and 1 other loosely inserted). Grey faux-leather photo album with a small white label on the front board: "42 x Israël 1967 23-24-25 Juli". 44 photographs in an album with 30 clear plastic inserts. Full description
€ 4,500
Eastern Mediterranean & Cyprus Photography
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Photographs of Yemen and Egypt

[PHOTOGRAPHY - YEMEN - EGYPT]. [Album containing photographs of Yemen and Egypt].
Yemen, Egypt, and other places, ca. 1889. Oblong folio (37.8 x 28 cm). An album containing 25 albumen prints (ca. 20 x 27 cm), including 1 double page, mounted on thick card leaves, many captioned in English. Contemporary burgundy/auburn gold- and blindstamped calf (lozenge-patterned blindstamping). Re-backed with the original back strip laid down. Gold-stamped turn-ins, white watered silk endpapers, gilt edges. [26] ll. Full description
€ 4,500
Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Egypt North Africa Photography
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Plates of Duke of Osunas ornate sculptural coach,
used for his entry during the Treaty of Utrecht

PICART, Bernard. Premier des magnifiques carosses de Monseigneur de le duc d'Ossuna, ambassadeur extraordinaire et premier plenipotentiaire de Sa Majesté Catholique Philippe: V. pour la paix faits pour l'entreé publique de son Excellence a Utrecht MDCCXIII.
Amsterdam, Bernard Picart, 1714. Folio. Series of 7 engraved plates (including title-page and 1 double-page). 19th-century gold-tooled green morocco, richly gold-tooled spine and turn-ins, gilt edges; bound by Durvand Thivet. Full description
€ 17,500
Art & Art History Horses & Horsemanship Netherlands Portugal Prints & Print Series Wine / Viticulture
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Series of 12 prints showing Dutch and Frisian costumes

PICART, Bernard. Diverses modes dessinées d'après nature.
Amsterdam, Bernard Picart, 1728. Oblong 4to (21 x 27.5 cm). Series of 12 engraved prints: 11 costume prints plus a title-page (title in a stunning and delicate cartouche, plate size: 12.5 x 7 cm) on 6 oblong 4to leaves (which could make 12 8vo leaves). 6 of the plates are signed by the engraver Gaspard Duchange, all after the designs of Bernard Picart. Unbound. Full description
€ 3,500
Costumes & Uniforms Netherlands Prints & Print Series
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