27th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Rome Photographs.
Twenty-six large albumen print photographs of Rome, including images of the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the Temple of Vesta, the Vatican Palace, the Arch of Constantine, etc., as well as nineteen albumen print reproductions of details iniside the St Clement Basilica.
No dates, [c.1860s or slightly later], all mounted on card, the majority of the Rome views with blind-stamp of Joseph Spithover to corner of mount and pencil caption, St Clement Basilia prints with Latin caption beneath, various image sizes, including 330mm x 410mm, 293mm x 261mm, 274mm x 418mm, 330mm x 267mm, card mounts soiled and frayed edges, prints generally clean and bright.
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £300 - £500
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 27th Nov, 2024
Highlights include a first edition of an important work on the English colonies in America and the West Indies published in 1687, a collection of watercolours depicting landscapes and ancient sites of Egypt and the Middle East, and a selection of mid-19th century albumen print photographs of Rome. Further notable lots include plates from a mid-18th century plan of Paris by Michael Etienne Turgot, a Victorian autograph album and a copy of Eugene Grasset's 'Plants and the Application to Ornament'.
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