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‎PHOTOGRAPHS.‎

‎[Photographs of Italy]. - [MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF ITALY]‎

‎[Circa 1870-1880]. An extensive series of 132 stunning photographs of Italy and Italian artwork, most measuring 25 x 17 cm, some slightly smaller, some slightly larger, all mounted on leaves measuring 30x42 cm. and bound in three exquisite near contemporary (ab. 1900) oblong black half morocco bindings with four raised bands, gilt spines, boards with elaborately gilt corners, gilt border and to the middle of front boards a gilt vignette, gilt title (""Italian"" i.e. either Norwegian or Danish for Italy). and gilt volume-number. Housed in three equally elegant half morocco boxes with with gilt spines, marbled edges, and with middle of boards corresponding to those of the bindings. The boxes are also from ab. 1900. The boxes have a few traces of wear, but all in all, the set is in splendid condition.Many of the photographs have numberings and several of them also mention the motiv.Volume I contains 46 photographs, 8 by (Giacomo or his son Carlo) Brogi, 1 by Pompeo Pozzi, 4 by Maug and 33 unsigned. Most of the pictures are of ancient Roman buildings and renaissance art works. A few of the photos are from Milan.Volume II contains 49 photographs, 2 by Volpato and 2 by Brogi, the remaining 45 are unsigned. The first half depicts ancient Roman statues renaissance painting. The last part consists of photos portraying vast landscapes around the bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius and cityscapes Volume III consists of 37 unsigned photographs of artworks mainly from Museo di Napoli.‎

‎An extensive and stunning collection of photographs from Italy, a splendid example of a Victorian Grand Tour photo album from Milan in the north down to Rome and ending in Napoli, photos prepared while the traveler shopped and visited the Italian sites.Photography studios in different Italian cities developed different specialties and were especially oriented towards the three genres of portraiture, views and art reproductions, of which the present collection is a fine example. ""Among the activities of the most renowned firms (Brogi and Pozzi), there was ample space for the reproduction of works of art and monuments most representative of the art historical tradition and natural beauty of Italy. Nature was not only seen as such, but as an integral part of the landscape, and essential element of a whole in which nature and history, culture and nature harmoniously balanced and completed each other"". (Hannavy, Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography)Most of the photographs by Brogi are presumably from his first Pompeii campaign from 1879-1880 which we exhibited in Milan the year after. ‎

‎[2 albums de photographies sur l'Algérie et la Tunisie/2 albums of photographs of Algeria and Tunisia].‎

‎Circa 1930. 1930 2 vols Oblongs (275 x 370 mm) ( 280 x 360 mm) de : 86 photographies (180 x 13mm) réparties sur [24] ff., [1]f avec 11 petites photos.; 92 photographies (150 x 955mm), (130 x 170 mm), (255 x 195 mm) sur [24] ff. Dont [2]ff. (petites photographies), [3] ff. Blancs. Vol. 1: Chagrin bordeau, dos à nerfs orné. Vol 2: chagrin vert, dos lisse muet.‎

‎Magnifique Album en deux volumes circa 1930 sur lAlgérie et la Tunisie, comportant environ 200 photographies de paysages urbains et ruraux, portraits et scènes de vie. Les photographies du premier volumes sont maintenues par une feuille de papier épais partiellement collée sur une page cartonnée, au recto et au verso, permettant de les glisser dans un cadre enjolivé dun filet rouge. Celles du second volume sont maintenues au recto dune feuille de papier épais contrecollée à la suivante et percée de 4 encoches permettant de les glisser dans les coins. Les photographies du premier volume sont titrées à lencre noire tandis que celles du second le sont au crayon à papier ou directement en bas de celles-ci. De tailles variables et ne disposant pas toutes dun titre, elle sont presque toutes prises au format paysage. Lensemble se consacre majoritairement à des villes algériennes et tunisiennes telles quAlger, Biskra, Blidah, Timgad, Carthage et Tunis, ainsi quà leurs environs. Ci-dessous, la liste de toutes les photographies titrées avec le numéro de page (vol. 1) ou du feuillet (vol. 2): Volume 1: 6. «Souks, Tunis, mosquée El Zitouna»; 7. «Tunis, mosquée Sidi Ben Zia»; 13. «Entrée du Bardo»; 14. «Alger, un cimetière arabe»; 18. «Rue dAlger»; 18. «Alger, entrée de la Kasbah»; 19. «Alger, la Kasbah, une rue»; 21. «LEscadre à Alger, «La touche Tréville»; 21. «Port dAlger»; 22. «Alger. Palais du Gouverneur»; 23. «Alger. Place du gouvernement»; 23. «Alger. Place du gouvernement»; 24. «Vue du désert prise du Col de Sfa»; 24. «Caravane dans le désert près Biskra»; 25. «Biskra. Entrée du désert. Piste»; 25. «Une caravane en marche»; 26. «Biskra. Rue des Ouled Maïls»; 27. «Tunis. Rue et mosquée El Zitouna»; 27. «Biskra. Un enterrement arabe»; 31. «Un déraillement près Biskra»; 36. «Blidah. Le ruisseau des singes»; 36. «Viaduc dans les gorges de la Chiffa»; 37. «Près Blidah. Gorges de la Chiffa. Ruisseau des singes»; 37. «Blidah.»; 42. «En route pour le Tell près Biskra»; 44. «Carthage. Fouilles. Musée Byrsa». Volume 2: 1. «Marseille. Funiculaire menant à N. D. de la Garde»; 1. «N. D. de la Garde».; 2. «Valence»; 3. «Valence. Cathédrale»; 3. «Alicante. Promenade sur le port»; 4. «Alicante. Un arroseur municipal»; 4. «Elché. Plantation de palmiers»; 5. «Elché»; 6. «Elché»; 7. «Elché»; 8. «Elché»; 9. «La Lealtard saludando el dia de San Ildefonso (23 Enero 1894). Cartagene. Vue prise de la maison de Monsieur Figuera»; 9. «Cartagene. Le Besos (Cap. Franco) à son départ pour Oran»; 10. «Oran. Vue prise à bord du Besos»; 10. «Oran. Dans le haut de la ville»; 12. «Oran. Cour de la mosquée du Pacha»; 12. «Oran. Le village nègre»; 13. «Clemcem. Chemin conduisant à la mosquée de Sidi-Bon-Meddu»; 16. «Alger. Place du gouvernement. Statue du duc dOrléans. Mosquée de la mairie»; 16. «Place du gouvernement»; 17. «Alger. Port. Escadre de lamiral Gervais»; 18. «Alger. La Kasbah. Rue de la Mer Rouge»; 19. «Allée des bambous au jardin dessai»; 20. «Alger. Jardin dessai. Allée des dattiers»; 20. «Alger. Jardin dessai. Aloës en fleur»; 21. «Alger. Jardin dessai. Fleurs, palmiers chamaerops, rosiers grimpants»; 22. «Gorges de la Chiffa près Blidah. Ruisseau des singes»; 22. «Route des gorges»; 23. «Gorges de la Chiffa»; 24 «Entrée des gorges de la Chiffa»; 25. «Sur la route de Biskra»; 26. «Avant des gorges dEl Kantara»; 26. «Goerges dEl Kantara. Première oasis»; 27. «Dans les gorges dEl Kantara»; 27. «Oasis dEl Kantara»; 28. «Biskra. Place du marché»; 28. «Ouled Maïl»; 29. «Environs de Biskra (arabes nomades)»; 30. «Caravanes près Biskra»; 31. «Le désert (une prise du col de Sfa»; 31. «Au vieux Biskra»; 32. «Au vieux Biskra»; 33. «Vieux Biskra»; 34. «Femme de la tribu des Ouled Naïls»; 34. «Jeune femme arabde et son enfant»; 34. «Femme mauresque»; 34. «Femme des Ouled Naïl»; 34. «Musicien Algérien»; 34. «Chameaux sabreuvant»; 34. «Mchari monté par un Tarqui»; 35. «Sahara algérien. Caravane en marche»; 36. «Biskra. Passage de lOuled El-Outaïa par une caravane»; 36. «Biskra. Femme des Ouled-Naïls»; 37. «Casino de Biskra. Bergère et son troupeau de chèvre»; 37. «Timgad. Ruines du temple de Jupiter»; 38. «Timbad»; 39. «Constantine. Près des murs de la ville»; 41. «Tunis. Porte de France»; 41. «Une rue»; 42. «Ruines de Carthage»; 42. «Tunis»; 43. «Tunis. Barbouchi dans la cour de la maison»; 43. «Palais du Bardo. Les lions de Venise»; 44. «Bardo de Tunis»; 45. «Carthage. Le R. P. Delattre»; 46. «Le Ville dOran, de la compagnie transatlantique». 2 vol. Oblong (275 x 370 mm) ( 280 x 360 mm) of : 86 photographs (180 x 13mm) spread over [24] ff, [1]f with 11 small photographs; 92 photographs (150 x 955mm), (130 x 170 mm), (255 x 195 mm) on [24] ff. Including [2]ff. (small photographs), [3] ff. Blank. Vol. 1 : Bordeaux chagrin, decorated spine. Vol 2 : green chagrin, smooth mute back. Magnificent Album in two volumes circa 1930 on Algeria and Tunisia, comprising about 200 photographs of urban and rural landscapes, portraits and scenes of life. The photographs of the first volume are maintained by a sheet of thick paper partially glued on a cardboard page, front and back, allowing to slide them in a frame embellished with a red net. The photographs of the second volume are held on the front of a sheet of thick paper glued to the next one and pierced with 4 notches allowing to slide them in the corners. The photographs of the first volume are titled in black ink while those of the second volume are titled in pencil or directly at the bottom of them. Of varying sizes and not all with a title, they are almost all taken in landscape format. The set is mainly devoted to Algerian and Tunisian cities such as Algiers, Biskra, Blidah, Timgad, Carthage and Tunis, as well as their surroundings. Below is a list of all the photographs titled with the page number (vol. 1) or sheet number (vol. 2): Volume 1: 6. "Souks, Tunis, El Zitouna mosque"; 7. "Tunis, Sidi Ben Zia mosque"; 13. "Entrance to the Bardo"; 14. "Algiers, an Arab cemetery"; 18. "Algiers, entrance to the Kasbah"; 19. "Algiers, the Kasbah, a street"; 21. "The Wing in Algiers, "The Treville touch"; 21. "Port of Algiers"; 22. Governor's Palace"; 23. "Algiers. Place du gouvernement"; 23. "Alger. Place du gouvernement"; 24. "View of the desert taken from the Col de Sfa"; 24. "Caravan in the desert near Biskra"; 25. "Biskra. Entrance to the desert. Track"; 25. "A caravan on the move"; 26. "Biskra. Street of Ouled Maïls"; 27. "Tunis. Street and mosque El Zitouna"; 27. "Biskra. An Arab funeral"; 31. "A derailment near Biskra"; 36. "Blidah. The stream of monkeys"; 36. "Viaduct in the gorges of the Chiffa"; 37. "Near Blidah. Gorges of the Chiffa. Ruisseau des singes"; 37. "Blidah"; 42. "En route to the Tell near Biskra"; 44. "Carthage. Excavations. Byrsa Museum". Volume 2: 1 "Marseille. Funicular leading to N. D. de la Garde"; 1. D. de la Garde"; 2 "Valencia"; 3 "Valencia. Cathedral"; 3. "Alicante. Walk on the port"; 4. Municipal sprinkler"; 4. "Elche. Plantation of palms"; 5. "Elché"; 6. "Elché"; 7. "Elché"; 8. "Elché"; 9. "La Lealtard saludando el dia de San Ildefonso (23 Enero 1894). Cartagene. View taken from the house of Mr. Figuera"; 9. "Cartagene. The Besos (Cap. Franco) on its departure for Oran"; 10. "Oran. View taken on board the Besos"; 10. "Oran. In the upper part of the city"; 12. "Oran. Courtyard of the mosque of the Pasha"; 12. "Oran. The Negro village"; 13. "Clemcem. Path leading to the mosque of Sidi-Bon-Meddu"; 16. Algiers. Place du gouvernement. Statue of the Duke of Orleans. Mosque of the town hall"; 16. Place of the government"; 17. Algiers. Port. Wing of the admiral Gervais"; 18. "Algiers. The Kasbah. Rue de la Mer Rouge"; 19. "Allée des bambous au jardin d'essai"; 20. Algiers. Garden of test. Alley of the date palms"; 20. Algiers. Jardin d'essai. Aloes in flower"; 21. "Algiers. Jardin d'essai. Flowers, chamaerops palms, climbing roses"; 22. "Gorges of the Chiffa near Blidah. Ruisseau des singes"; 22. "Route des gorges"; 23. "Gorges de la Chiffa"; 24 "Entrée des gorges de la Chiffa"; 25. "Sur la route de Biskra"; 26. Before the gorges of El Kantara"; 26. "Goerges of El Kantara. First oasis"; 27. in the gorges of El Kantara; 27. oasis of El Kantara; 28. Biskra. "Caravans near Biskra"; 31. "The desert (a shot of the Sfa pass)"; 31. "In old Biskra"; 32. "In old Biskra"; 33. "Old Biskra"; 34. "Woman of the Ouled Naïls tribe"; 34. "Young Arab woman and her child"; 34. "Moorish woman"; 34. "Woman of the Ouled Naïl"; 34. "Algerian musician"; 34. "Camels drinking"; 34. "Mchari mounted by a Tarqui"; 35. "Algerian Sahara. Caravan on the move"; 36. Passage of the Ouled El-Outaïa by a caravan"; 36. Woman of the Ouled-Naïls"; 37. "Casino of Biskra. Shepherdess and her herd of goats"; 37. "Timgad. Ruins of the temple of Jupiter"; 38. "Timbad"; 39. "Constantine. Near the city walls"; 41. "Tunis. Gate of France"; 41. "A street"; 42. "Ruins of Carthage"; 42. "Tunis"; 43. "Tunis. Barbouchi in the courtyard of the house"; 43. "Bardo Palace. The lions of Venice"; 44 "Bardo of Tunis"; 45 "Carthage. The R. P. Delattre"; 46. The City of Oran, of the transatlantic company ".‎

‎"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."‎

‎The Tordenskjold-expedition. 71 albumen prints from the 1860'ies to 1873. - [FINE COLLECTION OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EAST-ASIA DOCUMENTING THE LAYDOWN OF THE FIRST TELEGRAPH CABLES IN EAST-ASIA]‎

‎1870-1872. Folio-oblong (395 x 320 mm). Original brown half calf, recased - the original cloth (with gilt lettering to the front) has been expertly mounted on to the new boards, and most of the original gilt leather spine has been preserved over a perfectly matching new lovely brown half calf. ""Tordenskjold / 1870 - 1873"" in gilt lettering, partly worn of, to front board. End-papers renewed. 71 albumen print in various sizes and by various photographers (see below) mounted on 59 contemporary white cardboard leaves (measuring 370 x 310 mm), all re-hinged. The album was water-damaged at some point, but has been expertly and neatly retored and appears in overall very good condition with good tones. 1, Oval photo of Tordenskjold (205 x 60mm) 2, Photo of Tordenskjold (190 x 143 mm) 3, Crew aboard Tordenskjold (200 x 14 mm) 4, Crew aboard Tordenskjold (157 x 128 mm) 5, Crew and equipment aboard Tordenskjold (228 x 176 mm) 6, Naval officers about Tordenskjold (167 x 130 mm). 7, 8 small photos of various places on one plate (274 x 190 mm) 8, The harbor of Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux (247 x 190mm) 9, Muddigging machines in the channel of Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux. (245 x 190mm) 10, Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux. 11, Malta (262 x 207 mm) 12, Two photos of Malta (each measuring 134 x 120 mm) 13, Two photos of Gibraltar (Each measuring 148 x 114) 14, Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong (194 x 130 mm). 15, Two photos depicting telegraph-house and ships in Deep Water Bay (each measuring 150 x 112) 16, Boat with people. By Felice Beato, coloured (294 x 235 mm) 17, House next to river. By John Thomson, December 1870 (278 x 225 mm) 17, Seamen’s hospital in Hong Kong. (261 x 190 mm) 18, Hong Kong. (270 x 195 mm) 19, Hong Kong, by Floyd (270 x 192 mm) 20, Hong Kong, by Floyd (240 x 190 mm) 21, Two photos of sites in Hong Kong (each measuring 165 x 127 mm) 22, Five Persians in Hong Kong (215 x 244 mm) 23, Group of women in Hong Kong, (326 x 215 mm) 24, Two photos of Hong Kong harbour, one photo depicting “Cella” (182 x 105" 130 x 98 mm) 25, Villa at Canton. (264 x 190 mm) 26, Pagode in Xuexiu Park, Guangdong. By William Pryor Floyd. (195 x 246 mm) 27, Boats in Canton. William Pryor Floyd,(270 x 223 mm) 28, Pou-Ting-Qua’s Garden, Canton. By John Thomson. (289 x 230 mm) 29, Fields in Canton. (205 x 155 mm) 30, Houses in Canton. (267 x 210 mm) 31, Canton harbor. By John Thomson. (245 x 202 mm) 32, Boat on the Canton river. (274 x 204 mm) 33, Wall around Canton. (260 x 200 mm). 34, Boats in Canton (293 x 225) 35, Telegraphstation in Woosung. (150 x 110 mm) 36, Boats in Foochow. (287 x 232 mm) 37, Temple in Foochow. By John Thomson (190 x 237 mm) 38, Pagode in Foochow. Presumably by John Thomson. (287 x 220 mm). 39, Tomb of Fou Tcheou. By John Thomson. (290 x 225 mm). 40, Temple in Shanghai. (237 x 188 mm). 41, Shanghai. (232 x 176 mm) 42, Chaochow bridge, Kwangtung. By John Thomson. (266 x 204 mm). 43. Panorama of Nagasaki consisting of two photos. (371 x142 mm) 44, Two photos of Nagasaki. Felice Beato. (Each measuring 169 x 119 mm). 45, Two photos from Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (Each measuring 165 x 118 mm) 46, Two photos from Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (Each measuring 165 x 118 mm) 47, Temple in Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (169 x 118 mm). 48, Photo of Japanese woman in kimono. By Felice Beato. (205 x 255 mm). 49, Two photos of officers in house in Yokohama. (162 x 125 mm). 50, The Abbot and Monks of Kushan Monastery. By John Thomson. (287 x 204 mm). 51, Wooden structure, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (270 x 208 mm) 52, Pagode, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (234 x 185 mm) 53, Cityscape with lake, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato.. (280 x 228 mm). 54, Two photos, cemetery and stairs to temple. By Felice Beato. (Each measuring 168 x 118 mm). 55, People standing outside house, presumably Hong Kong. By John Thomson. (185 x 155 mm) 56, Guangzhou Great Norh Gate, Canton. By John Thomson (245 x 156 mm). 57, Two photos, one of the building of a telegraph station (presumably in Wladivostok) and a view of Wladivostok from the sea (154 x 123 130 x 99 mm). 58, Seascape of two ships. (130 x 140 mm). 59, Ship laying for anchor. (170 x 123 mm)‎

‎Exceedingly rare photo-album documenting the Danish vessel Tordenskjold’s mission in laying the very first telegraph cables in East Asia thereby connecting China and Japan to the global telegraph system. The album consists of photos taken aboard the vessel Tordenskjold, of Tordenskjold itself along with its crew, by an unknown photographer, and of photographs of the visited cities and surrounding areas by some of the finest photographers operating in East Asia at the time, such as John Thomson, William Floyd, Felice Beato and, in Egypt, Hippolyte Arnoux - all photographs presumably brought home by William Lund, Captain on board Tordenskjold. The present album depicts a pivotal moment in international relations and communications and does so through some of the earliest photos taken in China, Japan, and of the excavation of the Suez Canal. Submarine telegraph cables were first brought to China by Danish magnate Carl Fredrick Tietgen (1829-1901), a Dane who in 1870 set up the Great Northern China and Japan Extension Company. The company was created to build and operate a telegraph cable linking Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Japan with each other, and on to Vladivostok on Russia's east coast. From Vladivostok, a cable ran along the Trans-Siberian Railway, linking Hong Kong to telegraph networks in Britain, Europe, and America. Tietgen fought off strong, primarily English, competition and eventually won the concession to lay and operate new telegraph cables connecting Russia, China and Japan. It was a grand and risky project Tietgen and his partners were embarking on. Undersea cables would need to be laid in waters that had not been sounded, and cables were to be brought ashore on coasts where the prevailing conditions were not known and it was uncertain whether the respective governments would grant permission. Everything – cables, stations, wire, and apparatus – was to be brought from Europe and had to function as a coherent system. Two chartered English steamships ‘Cella’ and ‘Great Northern’ were to transport and lay the cables, and the propeller-driven Danish frigate ‘Tordenskjold’ was to sound the waters near Nagasaki and Vladivostok and also carry a relative small amount of cables and keep uninvited guests - which the South China Sea had plenty of – away. “As a small nation with negligible military resources, Denmark could provide a useful – politically neutral – centre for telegraph links to major European powers such as Britain, Russia and the emerging new power of Prussia. The Danes were able to utilize the technical know-how which had been accumulated with great difficulty, and occasionally heavy economic losses, in the preceding decades by British and American entrepreneurs. The competition between the Danish and British groups of telegraph entrepreneurs for first access to the Chinese market was preliminarily resolved when the directors of the two companies negotiated a secret agreement in May 1870. The Danish group had acquired an advantage in terms of timing by winning the Russian concession in 1869, and had to cover shorter distances by sea cables from Vladivostok to Nagasaki and Shanghai. But the British group had the advantage of better access to capital and a more extensive technical experience with submarine cable manufacture and operation. The essence of the agreement was that the line between Hong Kong and Shanghai should be established and operated by the Great Northern the companies would share the income for telegrams which passed this section of the line and they would run offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai jointly. The agreement provided the Danes with assured landing rights in Hong Kong and with British diplomatic support for attempts to secure landing rights in China. Permission to bring submarine telegraph cables into Chinese treaty ports was obtained in 1870 from the Chinese Government (i.e., the office of foreign affairs, known as the Zongli Yamen) by the British Minister in Peking, Thomas Wade. At the same time, the Danish government had dispatched a diplomatic envoy, Chamberlain Julius Sick, at the Great Northern’s expense to China and Japan to obtain the necessary concessions. The cable between Hong Kong and Shanghai was laid in 1870–1871 with the assistance of the frigate Tordenskjold, which the Danish government had generously allocated to the task. The Great Northern had a great deal of technical problems with the cables they had bought from the British manufacturer since the quality of the insulation was not as good as expected. Therefore, the official opening of the line between Shanghai and Hong Kong was delayed until April 1871. During the remainder of that year the company struggled to finish cable sections from Shanghai to Nagasaki, and from Nagasaki to Vladivostok. Communication between Shanghai and Europe via these cables and the Russian Siberian lines was officially inaugurated on 1 January 1872.” (Erik Baark: Wires, Codes and People The Great Northern Telegraph Company in China 1870–90) The album covers and illustrates one on the most fascinating periods in the process of internationalization in the late modern period: The Suez Canal had just opened and ‘Tordenskjold’ was the first Danish ship to sail through it. The submarine cables linked the major hubs in East Asia to the Western world and helped facilitate an unprecedented growth in the region. Overall, the laying of the submarine cable in 1870-71 was a transformative event for East Asia in general. It played a critical role in the area's economic and social development, helping to make it the global commercial center it is today. ‎

‎Byen bag regnen. Fotografier fra København. [The City behind the Rain. Photographs from Copenhagen].‎

‎[Copenhagen, 1987]. Queer 4to. Original dark grey wrappers. Very slight sunning to spine and a tiny nick to upper part of front wrapper. An 1988-inscription to front free end-paper. A very small oval stamp and two small spots to title-page, otherwise internally near mint. 53, (4, -index) pp., containing 128 full-page b/w photographs.‎

‎The uncommon first edition of Krass Clement's fourth book, being one of the most sought-after of his works. The renowned Danish photographer Krass Clement (born in Copehagen 1946) counts as one of the most esteemed Danish photographers, and his ""Byen bag Regnen"" as one of the most popular Danish photography-books ever printed. Clement's interest in photography developed already in his childhood, and he began photographing as early as the late 50'ies. He was educated as a film-director but soon turned professionally to still photography. His first book, Skygger af øjeblikke (Shadows of the Moment), appeared in 1978, followed by Det tavse land (The Silent Land) from 1981 and Gentagelsens fest (The Party of Repetition) from 1984, before his great work on Copenhagen, ""The City Behind the Rain"", appeared in 1887, presenting his magnificent melancholic, but also humorous and inspiring photographs from the 1960'ies and 80'ies of different aspects of Copenhagen and Copenhageners.His work, often presented in book-form, his favourite medium, is considered highly inspiring and poetical, in spite of their melancholic character, which makes them oddly compelling. His social-realist portrayal of Copenhagen in the 60'ies and 80'ies is very different from other contemporary works, and his critical but still sympathetic approach, with a sharp eye for the humorous, makes it both lively and of great artistic value. Clement is the first artist photographer to receive a lifelong disbursement from The State Art Foundation, and his works are displayed at both MOMA and the National Library in Paris. ‎