(EGYPT; HOLY LAND)

Album containing 60 photographs and reproductions after photographs of Egypt and the Holy Land comprising views of the Pyramids at Giza and boats on the Nile by Bonfils; a group of 8 hand painted gravures of scenes in Cairo; views of Luxor and Karnak by Peridis; collotypes of Assouan; a cabinet card portrait by G. Krikorian; street scenes and views of holy sights in Jerusalem and Bethlehem; and images of Damasus, Baalbec, and Smyrna. Albumen, printing-out paper, silver prints, and photogravures, 3 1/2x4 3/4 to 9x11 inches (8.9x12 to 22.9x27.9 cm.), many with captions and photographer's credits in the negative; with period captions and lengthy quotations, in ink, on mounts recto and verso. Oblong folio, red morocco, light edge wear; bookplate. 1880s