‎Albert GUILLAUME- Ferdinand BAC- Charles HUARD-‎
‎L’ALBUM ‎

‎I Oehlenschlægers Album - original handwritten poem, signed by Andersen - ""in Oehlenschläger's Album"". - [ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN POEM BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN]‎

‎(1842) 1 leaf 8vo. With a later note in tiny neat handwriting to lower blank margin stating that Andersen's original handwritten poem was printed in ""Hertha"" 1842, p. 5.‎

‎This excellent originally handwritten poem by the great fairy tale-author has the underlined headline ""I Øehlenschlægers Album"", but is also known under the title ""Paa Nordens Himmel i Stjernernes Flok"" (i.e. On the Sky of the North in the flock of the stars), which is also the first line of the poem. It was later printed, in the Swedish-Danish publication ""Hertha"", in January 1842, appeared again in ""Digte, gamle og nye"" in 1846, yet again in Andersen's collected works, vol XII, 252, 1879, as nr. 1 of the album leaves, and recently in a new modern Danish version by Johan de Mylius. This beautiful and treasured Andersen poem in full reads thus: Paa Nordens Himmel i Stjernernes Flok,Tycho Brahe har skrevet sit Minde,Og Thorvaldsen hug udi Fjeldets BlokSit Navn, det vil aldrig forsvinde"Du sang af dit Hjerte og Norden/ har hørtVed Dig sine største Bedrifter,Dybt Hjertets Gange har Hjerterne/ rørt,Din Storhed ei Tiden henvistner!Staaer Een i Stjernerne, Een i/ Steen,I Hjerterne veed jeg staaer ogsaa/ Een. We know that Andersen himself also treasured the poem and later also sent it to Zeise, who he hoped would translate it into German and have it published. BFN 413.‎

‎Jugend-Album. Blätter zur angenehmen und lehrreichen Unterhaltung im häuslichen Kreise. Von Aurelie, Adolf Bube etc. etc. Jahrgang 1858. Kleine Ausgabe.‎

‎Stuttgart, Eduard Hallberger, (1858). Later full cloth. gilt spine. Chromolithographed frontispiece and titlepage. VIII,480 pp. , 24 plates, mostly in chromolithography, some in tinted lithogrpahy. textleaves brownspotted.‎

‎Album containing 146 albumen prints of Egypt from the 1870ies. - [MAGNIFICENT ALBUM WITH EARLY PHOTOGRAPS OF EGYPT INCLUDING SOME OF THE VERY EARLIEST OF THE SUEZ CANAL ]‎

‎Egypt, ca. 1870ies. Folio-oblong (365 x 280 mm). 146 albumen prints mounted verso and recto on 73 ff. Bound in contemporary half cloth. With traces of paper-label to inner margin of front board. Label of the stationery shop ""Maison Martinet, Albert Hautecoeur, bd des Capucines, 12, Paris"" pasted on to upper outer corner of pasted down front end-paper. Paper creased and some leaves symetrically perforated, not affecting photos. Two photos with tears and a few photos partly detached from paper. Some photos are slightly discoloured and toned but are in general in good condition.‎

‎Extraordinary collection containing 146 albumen prints depicting landscapes and animated scenes of Egypt including some of the very earliest photographs of the newly opened Suez Canal. The photographs also document a period in Egyptian history, where the country began to gain independence and autonomy from Ottoman rule" Constantinople had granted Egypt the status of an autonomous vassal state or Khedivate in 1867, and completion of the Suez Canal gave Britain a faster route to India which in turn made Egypt increasingly reliant on Britain for both military and economic aid. Most photos are signed by the greatest local photographers of the time: the Zangaki brothers, Bonfils, Arnoux, Beato, Fiorillo, Béchard and Sébah. Active in the second half of the 19th century, these photographers of diverse origins such as French, Italian, British, Ottoman and Greek all established a studio or a branch in Egypt, in Alexandria, Port Said and Cairo. The Suez Canal was one of the most ambitious engineering projects of the 19th century. It was designed to create a waterway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, linking Europe and Asia and providing a faster and more efficient route for shipping goods between the two continents. Construction of the canal began in 1859 and took over ten years to complete. Hippolyte Arnoux is best known for his remarkable photographs of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Arnoux's photographs of the Suez Canal were groundbreaking in their time and remain an important documentation of the construction of one of the world's most significant engineering endeavors. He was hired by the French government to document the construction of the canal, and he spent several years in Egypt taking photographs of it. He used a large-format camera, which allowed him to capture incredible detail and clarity in his images. Arnoux's photographs of the Suez Canal were not only important documents of the construction of the canal, but they also played an important role in the popular imagination of the time. They helped to promote the idea of progress and modernity, as well as the importance of colonialism and European expansion in the world. Zangaki's portrait photography also received much acclaim. His portraits were known for their ability to capture the essence of his subjects, conveying their personality, character, and emotions, and his portraiture work also demonstrated his mastery of lighting, composition, and posing.Zangaki's landscape photography is another notable aspect of his work. He and his brother captured breathtaking images of Egypt's natural landscapes, such as the Nile River, the desert, and the countryside. Their images were notable for their use of contrast, shadows, and light, creating a unique atmosphere that evoked the beauty and mystery of Egypt's landscapes. Their work contributed significantly to the early days of Egyptology, as it allowed European scholars and archaeologists that were not in a position to travel to examine the monuments and artifacts. The present collection forms a fine testament to one the most interesting periods in modern Egyptian history and to the cradle of Egyptian photography.‎

‎L'Enseignement de L'Ecriture aux Universités médiévales. Deuxieme Édition revue, corrigée et augmentée des Manuscrits posthumes de l'Auteur avec un Album de fac-Similes.‎

‎Budapest, L'Academie des Sciences, 1959. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth with jacket. 301 pp. + Album.‎

‎Bairei Hyakucho gafu (Album of 100 Birds). volume 1 (of 3).‎

‎Tokyo, ca. 1883). (24,5 x 16,5 cm.). Original wrappers. Sewn. Upper wrapper loose. Having 53 pages with 10 leaves of japanese text (incl. inside covers) and depicting 29 different birds on 43 pages of folded leaves. Single page plates and plates that span two adjoined plates in woodblock print in colour.‎