Japan—Adolfo Farsari studio (and others)Collection of 73 photographs, many of Hokkaido, including a folding panorama, circa. 1880s 73 albumen prints, comprising 41 (average 192 x 265mm., or the reverse), individually mounted on card (mounts 328 x 460mm.), and 28 smaller albumen prints (average 120 x 172mm.) on 11 card mounts (mounts 328 x 460), and a 4-part albumen print panorama of Hokkaido (overall image 120 x 635mm.) on 4 card mounts joined by cloth, all captioned by hand in German in ink on the reverse, housed in a contemporary fitted buckram box with red label on the spine titled "Japan: Hokaido, allgemeines", occasional fading, box stained and slightly worn A good collection of photographs including topographical views, trades, portraits, street traders, and scenes of Japanese life, including many of the Ainu people of Hokkaido. PROVENANCE:One of a series of 13 portfolios of travel photographs assembled by a collector/traveller in the 1890s, see also lots 1, 4, 5, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, 52 and 159.
Japan—Adolfo Farsari studio (and others)Collection of 73 photographs, many of Hokkaido, including a folding panorama, circa. 1880s 73 albumen prints, comprising 41 (average 192 x 265mm., or the reverse), individually mounted on card (mounts 328 x 460mm.), and 28 smaller albumen prints (average 120 x 172mm.) on 11 card mounts (mounts 328 x 460), and a 4-part albumen print panorama of Hokkaido (overall image 120 x 635mm.) on 4 card mounts joined by cloth, all captioned by hand in German in ink on the reverse, housed in a contemporary fitted buckram box with red label on the spine titled "Japan: Hokaido, allgemeines", occasional fading, box stained and slightly worn A good collection of photographs including topographical views, trades, portraits, street traders, and scenes of Japanese life, including many of the Ainu people of Hokkaido. PROVENANCE:One of a series of 13 portfolios of travel photographs assembled by a collector/traveller in the 1890s, see also lots 1, 4, 5, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, 52 and 159.
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