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A remarkable album containing 25 cartes de visite of performers from ballet companies in Paris, St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Warsaw, ca 1860-1865. Several CDVs with handwritten inscriptions identifying subjects, from which many details below were retrieved. First page of album with ink inscription reading, "Born Apr 23d 1812." Album cover comprised of leather over board, with gold embossed text, "Album," on spine, and fully operational brass hinges and clasps at opening. Album contains: Twelve CDVs of dancers from the St. Petersburg Ballet, including ballerinas "Duhabaeba," "Lagrimonte," "Remmerer II," male dancer "Kocheichevey," and several unidentified dancers. All credited to Bergamasco, St. Petersburg; n.d., ca 1860-1865. Six CDVs of Parisian ballerinas including Maria Mariusova "Petipa" and "Petrigar" from the Paris Ballet. Each credited to Disdéri, Paris; n.d., ca 1860-1865. Five CDVs of ballerinas from the Warsaw Ballet, including "Domanska," "Kawalska," "Dymullo," "Petranska," and "Kriger." First four credited to Jan Mieczkowski Warsaw; n.d., ca 1865. CDV featuring "Kriger" credited to Stankiewicz, Warsaw; n.d., ca 1860. CDV of an unidentified ballerina from the Moscow Ballet. Credited on verso to Scherer and Nabholz, Moscow; n.d., ca 1865. CDV composite view of the "Corps de Ballet du Chatelet," with text, "Chatelet Danse," printed within image. Credited to Numa Fils, Paris; n.d., ca 1860. Condition: Leather binding still in tact, with wear at corners and edges, and discoloration on both covers.