Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm (ca. 1830 - d. 1869); Maison Bonfils (1867-1909) [Attributed to]. Historically Significant Album with Twenty-Three Original Albumen Photos of Egypt, Showing the Early, Pre-Restoration Views of Ancient Landmarks in Cairo (Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Mosque of Mahmud Pasha, Tombs of Caliphs & Mamluks, Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay), Luxor (Temple of Khonsu, Grand colonnade of Amenophis), and Nubia (Temple of Al-Maharraqa Temples at Wadi es-Sabua, Abu Simbel Temple, Kiosk of Qertassi, Trajan’s Kiosk). Ca. 1860s.
Album with 56 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by a Passenger of the SS “City of Cairo”, Showing Nubian and Sudanese Cities and Villages along the White Nile, from Ibrim to Kosti, Including Khartoum, Omdurman, Wad-Alzaky, Ad Douiem and Others; Several Views of the Blue Nile, and a Three-Part Panorama of Port Said. 1924-6.
Greene, Captain Dominick Sarsfield (1826-1892), Royal Artillery and Aide-de-Camp. Original Mounted Watercolour Titled in Pencil on Verso: "Port Said." Ca. 1857.
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Three Albums with over 200 Original Gelatin Silver Studio and Amateur Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Pilot of the Royal Air Force during His Service in the 208th (Army Cooperation) RAF Squadron, Stationed on the Ismailia Air Base near Cairo in the 1920s – early 1930s. Ca. 1920s – early 1930s.
[Vidocq, Eugène François] (1775-1857). A Page from a Private Diary with the Latest News on the Case of the Famous Private Detective Eugene Vidocq: Vidoeq in Jail. French Ministry of War Found Their Associates Leaking Important Documents to a Russian Agent. 6 February 1838.
Trapman, Adrian Sidney Gilbert Reginald (1910-1937). Collection of Three Albums with ca. 307 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken and Collected by a British Vice-Consul in Addis Ababa Shortly Before and During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Showing Addis Ababa and Jimma, Emperor Haile Selassie I, German and Italian Ambassadors in Ethiopia, Members of the British Legation, Italian Military Planes and Airfield at Mekelle, Bombing of Ethiopian Troops and Villages, Burning and Looting of Addis Ababa in May 1936, Refugee Camp at the British Legation, etc.; With: a Menu of “A Dinner at the Lansdowne Club on Friday, April 30th 1937, for Those who were in Abyssinia During the Autumn, Winter and Spring of 1935 and 1936,” Signed by Trapman and over a Dozen Other Participants. Ca. 1934-1937.
Raymond of Peñafort, William of Rennes. Summa de poenitentiae et matrimonio and Apparatus in Summam Raymundi [i.e. Summa on Penance and Marriage with commentary]. [France (Paris?), c.1275-1300].
Official Indenture of a Land Transfer: Conveyance of One Sixth part of a Customary Estate called Skirreth held of the Mansion of Ingleton (Lancashire); between William Gillison Bell the Younger Esq. Of the City of Saint Petersburg in Russia merchant, and Thomas Graven Esq. Saint Petersburg, 2 June 1816.
Dolgorukov, Vladimir Andreevich, prince (1810-1891). Autograph Letter Signed “Prince Vladimir Dolgorouki,” written when he was the General Governor of Moscow. Moscow, 18/30 December 1873.
[Woodbury, George Edward] (1902-1973). Historically Significant Collection of 61 Original Gelatin Silver Photos and 95 Film Negatives, Showing the Excavation of Native American Burial Mounds on Cape Canaveral, in 1933-1934: Mounds in their Original Stage, Excavation Process, Workers and Anthropologists, Unearthed Remains Identified by Numbers. Ca. 1933-1934.
Album of Over 130 Albumen Cartes-de-Visite Photographs and Over 45 Pieces of Travel Ephemera from a Grand Tour of Europe, Showing Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice, Ravenna, Siena, Perugia, Bologna), Britain (London, Oxford, York, Stratford-on-Avon, Country Estates), France (Paris, Strasbourg), Austria (Vienna, Gratz), and Germany (Nuremberg, Passau); the Album is Titled: From Rome Dec 15th, 1869 to Edinburgh May 27th, 1870. Ca. 1869-1870.
Jomard, Edme François (1777-1862). Autograph Letter Signed 'Jomard' to Louis Leon Jacob, French Minister of the Navy and the Colonies, Regarding the Recently Published Report of Francois Leprieur’s Voyage in the Interior of French Guiana. Paris: 23 October 1834.
Oldham, R[ichard] D[ixon] (1858-1936). A Manual of the Geology of India: Chiefly Compiled from the Observations of the Geological Survey. Stratigraphical and Structural Geology. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, 1893.
Album with Thirty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Famous Georgian Resort Borjomi and Its Environs, Including the Romanov Palace in Likani, Borjomi Cargo Railway Station, Saw Mill, Sanatorium of Dr. Hambachidze, Tabatskuri Lake, and Others. Ca. 1900s.
Interesting Album with 58 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by Soviet Tourists during Hiking Trips in Georgia and North Osetia, Showing Terek River, Dariali Gorge, Gergeti Glacier, Mount Kazbek, Krestovy/Jvary Pass, Batumi Seafront and Botanical Garden, Mamison Pass on the Ossetian Military Road, Tseydon/Tsey River, Tourist Base in Tsey, “Devil’s Bridge” over the Ardon River, Upper Reaches of the Rioni River, Ossetian Villages and People, Tourists Hiking, Resting, Posing next to Sites, &c., the Album is Titled: I my… po Kavkazu. 1936 [And we are… in the Caucasus. 1936]. Ca. 1936-1938.
Historically Significant Manuscript Letter by an English Immigrant Woman in Penfield, Georgia, Describing Her Harrowing Voyage to America, a Shipwreck that Left Them “Complete Skeletons,” Intentions to Acquire Slaves for Housework, and Observations on Southern Fashion and the High Cost of Goods. Penfield, Georgia: 6 November 1843.