Bonfils, Felix (1831-1885), Dumas, Tancrède (1830-1905); Berggren, Guillaume (1835-1920). Album with 39 Original Albumen Studio Photos, Including 26 Images of Baalbek and Beirut in Lebanon; the Rest of the Photos Shows Damascus, Jerusalem, and Istanbul. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
Historically Important Album with 290 Original Photographs from an Early Mediterranean Cruise, Showing Urban Scenes, Iconic Landmarks, and Portraits of Locals from Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bethany, Jaffa, Beirut, Baalbek, and Damascus; also, with the Photos of Malaga, Chorro, Grenade, Alicante, Elche, Valencia, Barcelona, St. Malo, St. Servan, Melun, La Chambre, Luce, Famagusta, Rhodes, and Athens. Ca. 1905-1906.
Attractive Collection of 55 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Syria and Lebanon, Including Interesting Aerial Views of Damascus, Tartus, Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, Riyak, Baalbec, Palmyra, Valleys of Barada and Oronte Rivers, as well as Classical Images of Damascus, Aleppo, Tartus, El Mina, source of the Oronte River, Norias of Hama Water Wheela, Ruins of Tetraporticus and Temple of Bacchus in Latakia, Palmyra, Beirut, Beiteddine Palace, Tripoli, Hasbaya, Ruins of Byblos (Jebeil), Pyramid of Hermel (Beqaa Valley), Medieval and Crusader Castles (Masyaf Castle, Marqab/Margat, Krak des Chevaliers Fortress, Beaufort Castle), &c. Ca. 1920s.
Lyon, After, Captain George Francis (1795-1832). Original Unsigned Watercolour Showing a "Tuarick of Ghraat" and "Negresses of the Soudan," Combined from two Illustrations in Lyon's "A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa," Titled in Brown ink: Lyon's Travels in Africa. After 1821.
Historically Interesting Album with Sixty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Lithuania, Mostly Kaunas, Showing Local Landmarks (Historical Presidential Palace, Church of St. Michael, Holy Cross & Pazaislis, Town Hall, Lithuanian Air Force Headquarters, Kaunas Castle, Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum, War Museum, and Art Museum & School Palace), Hotels (Vesbutis), Shops (S. Kacenelbogenas, Manufaktūros, Automatas), Bridges (Petras Veleisis Bridge), Avenues (Laisves Aleja) and Streets (Daukantas, Luksio, Carmelitu, etc.), and Scenes from a Local Market; also with the Photos of Train Depots in Meskuciai and Joniskis Villages. Ca. 1930s.
Graham Photo Company. Album with 36 Original Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs, Showing Los Angeles (Figueroa Street, a Street in St. James Park, House of Harrison Gray Otis), Pasadena (Orange Grove Avenue, Raymond Hotel, Mansions of William C. Stuart and Charles Richardson), Arcadia (Baldwin’s Ranch), Altadena (House of Colonel George G. Green), Redlands (Brookside Avenue, House of Albert C. Burrage), Riverside (Magnolia Avenue), San Gabriel, a Portrait of Actress Helena Modjeska in her “Arden Forest” House near Silverado, a Scene at an Ostrich Farm, &c. Ca. 1900s.
A Sepia Pen and Wash Watercolour View of Luis de Camões Grotto After the Aquatint from “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (1810) by Thomas and William Daniell’s; Titled: Camoens Cave, Macao. Ca. 1810s.
Historically Significant Album with 77 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Colonial Madagascar, Showing Antananarivo (Royal Palace, Andafiavaratra Palace, St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro, Silver Palace, Andohalo/Jean Laborde Square, &c.), Portraits of Queen Ranavalona III, Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony, General Gallieni and His Staff, General Théophile Pennequin and Queen Binao of the Sakalava People, Numerous Settlements and Sites Across the Island (Antsahavola, Ambohimanga, Tsinjoarivo, Mandraka Falls, Analamazaotra, Maromby, Mahatsara, Fianarantsoa, Tamatave/Toamasina, Ile Sainte Marie/Nosy Boraha, Maroantsetra, Vohemar, Diego-Suarez/Antsiranana, Nossi-Be/Nosy Be, Antongombato, Majunga/Mahajanga, Fort-Dauphin/Taolagnaro, Farafangana, Mananjary, & Others), Scenes of French Weddings and Parties, Portraits of Indigenous Noblemen, Workers, Dancers, Musicians, Warriors, &c. Ca. 1895 – early 1900s.
Collection of 179 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Madagascar, Taken and Collected by a French Military Doctor Stationed in Majunga/Mahajanga, Showing Majunga Streets and People, Marovoay, Betsiboka River, Antananarivo, the French Military Hospital in Majunga, the Festivities during the Arrival of General Gallieni in Majunga in July 1900, Including Many Well-Executed Portraits of the Native People, etc. Ca. 1895-1901.
[Le Roux, Pierre]. Historically Significant Collection of Two Albums with ca. 200 Original Well-Annotated Gelatin Silver Photographs and Two Folders with ca. 140 Original Film Negatives, Taken by a Young French Military Man during His Service in Madagascar in the 1930s; With Interesting Images of Antananarivo, Ambatolampy, Toamasina, Fenerive, Foulpointe, a Sugar Cane Distillery in Mamandrahana, Environs of Antsirabe, French Military Compounds, Camps and Exercises, Portraits of the Compiler, French and African Servicemen, Malagasy Farmers, Shepherds, Families, the Compiler’s Cousin Thérèse Lamiot Who was a Local Head of the Catholic Society of Sisters of Mary Reparatrix, &c. Ca. 1930s.
Album with 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Colonial Madagascar, Showing Diego Suarez/Antsiranana (Port and Roadstead, Cap Diego, Pointe du Corail, Ville Basse, Rue Colbert, Antsirane Neighbourhood), French military Camp d’Ambre and Forests of the Montagne Ambre, Betsileo, Hova, Sakalava, Antemoro People, Inhabitants of Comoros and Sainte-Marie Island/Nosy Boraha, Malagasy Tirailleurs, Scenes of Kabary, Views of Antananarivo and Toamasina, &c. Ca. 1900s.
Album of 84 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Madagascar, Showing Portraits of Rulers (Sakalava Queen Binao, Antankarana King Tsialana II; Anjouan Princes Abdallah and Halid), Portraits of Malagasy People (Sakalava, Betsileo, Tanala, Antankarana; Fianarantsoa, Diego-Suarez (now Antsiranana), Maintirano, Nosy Be, Sainte-Marie (Nosy Boraha)), Views of Villages (Ambositra, a Betsileo Village, a Tanala Village), etc. Ca. late 1890s-1900s.
Ritchie, Joseph (ca. 1788-1819). Interesting Autograph Letter to John Whishaw, Secretary of the African Institution, Written at the Beginning of Ritchie's Ill-Fated Expedition to Africa, to Introduce Sidi Hassuna D'Ghies, who was a son of the Prime Minister of the Pasha of Tripoli, and Later Would Become the Pasha's Foreign Minister, and Additionally he was Later also Connected to the Fate of Alexander Laing. Marseilles: 28 August 1818.
Gambier, James, Sir, Admiral of the Fleet (1756-1833). Autograph Letter Signed “Gambier” to Vice Admiral Sir John Duckworth “off Ushant”, About the Admiralty’s Orders that “Lieutenant Brompton to be discharged from St. George, without waiting to be superceded with directions to join the Neptune immediately”. Caledonia in Hamoze, 21 September 1808.
Widnell, Josiah (1807-1883); Widnell, Emily (née Stickney, 1819-1901). Historically Significant, Content-Rich Original Autograph Letter Signed by Newton Corner (MA) and Later Brooklyn Residents Josiah and Emily Widnell, to Their Family Member, Captain John K. Stickney, Who Had Left for California during the 1849 Gold Rush, With Interesting Notes about the Results of the 1850 U.S. Elections to the House of Representatives, Senate and Governor’s Seat in Massachusetts, Political Struggle between Whig, Free Soil and Democratic Parties, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and Mentioning Governor G.N. Briggs, Massachusetts Politicians Horace Mann, Daniel Webster, Stephen C. Phillips, & Others. Newton Corner near Boston, 20 November 1850.
A Collection of the 33 Ordinances Enacted by the Governor of Mauritius with the Advice and Consent of the Council of Government Port Louis, 1876. 211 pp. [with] A Collection of Proclamations and Government Notices Published at Mauritius during the Year 1876, iv + 49 pp. [with] Index of Government Notices of 1876, xxxiii + Government Notices + 343 pp. Mauritius: G.H. Griffiths, Government Printer, 1876.
Album of 91 Albumen Photographs Showing Algeria (Fort National, Algiers, Oran, Tizi Ouzou), Gibraltar, and Morocco (Tangiers), as well as France, England, and Portugal. Ca. 1880-1882.
Maison Bonfils (fl. ca. 1860s-1839); Zangaki Brothers (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Hakim, S. (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s). Album of 50 Albumen Studio Photographs Showing a Trip Around the Eastern Mediterranean, Including Jerusalem (Church of Mary Magdalene, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Mosque of Omar, City Views), Bethlehem (Pilgrims Entering the City on Christmas), Baalbek (Temple of Bacchus), and Damascus (Sulaymaniyya Takiyya, Maktab Anbar, City Views) and Views of Spain (Alhambra), the Canary Islands (Las Palmas and La Atalaya on Gran Canaria; Santa Cruz on Tenerife), Madeira (Funchal), and Egypt (Alexandria). Ca. 1887, 1893-94.
Album with Thirty-Seven Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of an Early Cruise from New York to the Mediterranean, Showing the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Tiberias, Nazareth), Egypt (Cairo, Giza), Algiere (Algiers), Greece (Athens), Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Seville), Italy (Venice, Rome), Gibraltar, and Monte Carlo; titled: Photographs. 1926.
McKenna, Mike. Historically Interesting Letter Signed by an American Soldier in an Agua Prieta Hospital, Talking about a Rebel Paranoid about Being Poisoned, a Half-Paralyzed Yaqui's Dire Condition, and the Deaths of Local Patients (a Federal & a Yaqui Mayo). Agua Prieta, Sonora: 5 November 1912.