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Auction archive: Lot number 240

CAUCASUS-DAGHESTAN - 2 PHOTO ALBUMS, FOLIO

Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$7,668 - US$10,736
Price realised:
£6,250
ca. US$9,585
Auction archive: Lot number 240

CAUCASUS-DAGHESTAN - 2 PHOTO ALBUMS, FOLIO

Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$7,668 - US$10,736
Price realised:
£6,250
ca. US$9,585
Beschreibung:

Caucasus--Photographs. TWO ALBUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TRAVELS IN DAGESTAN (RUSSIA), KAKHETI (GEORGIA) AND SURROUNDING REGIONS: "EINE PFINGSTFAHRT DURCH DAGHESTAN UND KACHETIEN". [C.1900] 2 volumes, oblong folio (282 x 385mm.) and folio (314 x 252mm.), comprising a total of 188 silver gelatin prints (82 x 82mm. or 115 x 86mm., or the reverse), nearly all captioned in black ink in German on the mount, approximately 60 duplicated between the albums, and 36 albumen prints by Russian or Georgian (?) studios, (mostly approx. 165 x 210 or 165 x 230mm.; one 220 x 275mm.), captioned and signed in Russian in the negative or with German captions, together with 8 studio portraits of natives of the region (approx. 140 x 100mm.), oblong folio: contemporary grey cloth-backed marbled boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, folio: contemporary green cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt

Auction archive: Lot number 240
Auction:
Datum:
13 Nov 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Caucasus--Photographs. TWO ALBUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TRAVELS IN DAGESTAN (RUSSIA), KAKHETI (GEORGIA) AND SURROUNDING REGIONS: "EINE PFINGSTFAHRT DURCH DAGHESTAN UND KACHETIEN". [C.1900] 2 volumes, oblong folio (282 x 385mm.) and folio (314 x 252mm.), comprising a total of 188 silver gelatin prints (82 x 82mm. or 115 x 86mm., or the reverse), nearly all captioned in black ink in German on the mount, approximately 60 duplicated between the albums, and 36 albumen prints by Russian or Georgian (?) studios, (mostly approx. 165 x 210 or 165 x 230mm.; one 220 x 275mm.), captioned and signed in Russian in the negative or with German captions, together with 8 studio portraits of natives of the region (approx. 140 x 100mm.), oblong folio: contemporary grey cloth-backed marbled boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, folio: contemporary green cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt

Auction archive: Lot number 240
Auction:
Datum:
13 Nov 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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