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(CARTES-DE-VISITE) Album containing 185 cartes-de-visite comprising approximately 70 studies of Turkish, Swedish, Dutch, German, Syrian, and Russian social types; approximately 40 portraits of European royalty and notables including queen victoria, the prince and princess of wales, leopold, the duke of edinburgh, pope pius ix, king of denmark, sultan of turkey, princess sophia of bavaria, and more; an unusual image of the Belgian artist Charles Felu painting a self-portrait with his foot; and architectural and topographical studies of England, Italy, Holland, Jerusalem, and more. Albumen prints, some are hand-tinted, most with the photographer's credit on the mount and period captions, in ink, on verso. Large 4to, morocco, rubbed, backstrip cracked; brass clasp; all edges gilt. 1860s
