(FAR EAST)

Album containing 102 photographs of Asia, including China, Singapore, Saigon, and Java, comprising images of Mt. Bromo, Soerabaya, Borobour, Hong Kong, Canton, streets and villages, palaces, occupational scenes, and much more. Albumen (42), printing-out paper (26), hand colored albumen prints (34), 8 1/ 4x11 1/ 4 inches (21x28.6 cm.) and the reverse and slightly smaller. With 10 photographs of Singapore by g.r. lambert and co. , many numbered and captioned in the negative and with typed text captions. Oblong folio, red lacquer with ivory inlay depicting 2 figures by a lake; spine worn. 1870s-90s