Oct 17, 2013 - Sale 2325

Sale 2325 - Lot 22

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SOMMER, GIORGIO (1834-1914)
Album titled "Souvenir d'un Voyage en Italie en 1892, Le Vésuve, Pompei et ses Antiquitiés." With 64 photographs relating to Pompeii, including landscapes, photographs of artifacts, architectural ruins, and victims of the volcanic eruption; also with 6 artistic renderings using color. Albumen prints, sizes ranging from approximately 8x10 to 12x14 inches (20.3x25.4 to 30.5x35.6 cm.), and the reverse, nearly all with the photographer's credit, the location, and a number in the negative. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered red leather over red cloth, worn. 1892

Additional Details

From a Private Collection, Paris.