(RUSSIA) Album with more than 75 photographs depicting the p

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Album with more than 75 photographs depicting the people and topography of the Republic of Georgia, which was apparently photographed and/or compiled by Edmond Lambrecht. With many compelling portraits of Kozaks and Tartars, two 2-part panoramas (one each of the harbor at Rostoff and the village of Vladikarkaze) and a spectacular 4-part panorama of the military route in the mountains of Mleti, scenes of Batoum, Poti, Bakou, Tiflis, Ananour, and other villages in the Caucasian chain, along with views of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Constantinople and Budapest. Albumen prints, 3x4 inches (7.6x10.1 cm.) to 7 1/4x41 inches (18.4x129.5 cm.), each with handwritten caption on mount recto. Royal oblong folio, 1/4 morocco, gilt-lettered cloth. 1882

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By the end of the first half of the nineteenth century, Georgia had been integrated into the Russian political system. This fascinating historical document, which focuses on the southern and western areas of the country, features approximately 40 medium-format views of its dramatic topography, 24 portraits of native people, and 3 spectacular panoramas (with a total of 8 views).

Lambrecht was apparently a French engineer who explored the Caucasus region for naphtha (a kind of bitumen), oil and minerals. His medium-format views are picturesque, depicting villages situated at the foot of mountains or along the Black Sea, itinerants traveling by camel whom he met en route, or instantaneous snapshots of St. Petersburg.

His photographs are infused with a pictorial style that might best be characterized as painterly. He demonstrates a keen sense of composition and appreciation for the drama of the region. And, his smaller studies depict the colorful and proud individuals who populated the country.

JPGs are available upon request.