BRAUN ADOLPHE switzerland Album entitled Conferation Suis

Sale 1907 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 1,840

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

BRAUN, ADOLPHE switzerland
Album entitled "Conferation Suisse," containing more than 30 ethnographic portraits of pensive Swiss women in native costumes; most of the subjects are wearing unusual hats or lace headwear. The album is organized by province, with a pictorial leaf featuring the flag of each state including, fribourg, geneva, lucerne, saint gall, schaffhouse, bale, neuchatel, zug, and argovie. Albumen prints, 5 3/4x4 inches, with decorative hand drawn surrounds. Oblong 4to, morocco, rubbed and worn, front cover detached; several leaves partially detached; all edges gilt. 1870s

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A pictorial survey of historical Swiss fashions in which each of the subjects wears the costume of her native province.