‎BONFILS, Félix - [ ] PALESTINE Photography :‎
‎"Album with 30 original photographs of Palastine (ladscapes, monuments; persons...) Period 1875 - 1895. In fine condition."‎

‎" Album with 30 original photographs, album size 23 x 30 cm. Consists of 24 board-like leaves with 30 tipped on original photographs ( tipped on recto & verso on the first 6 leaves; the following onlt recto side). Photo size is 216 x 278 mm ( 23l are landscape format ; 7 are in portrait format). The album is in very good condition as are the photographs. The album has a half leather back and shows some wear at the binding. The interior with the photographs is in fine condition. Félix Bonfils started as a photographer in Beirut in 1867, he died in 1885. His son Adrien and his wife Marie-Lydie Cabanis continued his business after his death. The photographs are in fine condition, a few may show some tiny damage at a corner (occured during the mounting process). 27 are signed in the negative by Bonfils. 1 is signed by Hippolyte Arnoux, 2 are unsigned. Photographs with a manuscript caption: numbers 848, 668, 302, 264, 868, 899, 839, 861, 244, 318, 793, 388 (H.Arnoux), 324, 287, 154, 263 IV, 167, 281, 292, 407, 278. The following numbers have a printed caption (often in French and English) : 1042, 303, 840, 321, 1209, 309. Three photographs are unsigned or have an undecipherable number."‎

Reference : 54389

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