Bauman Rare Books Early 2020 Online Catalogue

T R A V E L & E X P L O R A T I O N B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S • E A R L Y 2 0 2 0 O N L I N E 223 ©2020 Bauman Rare Books www.baumanrarebooks.com 1-800-97-BAUMAN (1-800-972-2862) Original Late 19th-Century Photographic Album Of Cathedrals In The British Isles, With 116 Albumen Prints (GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND) (PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM). Tourist photographic album of cathedrals in England, Scotland and Ireland. No place, circa 1887. Folio, contemporary full white parchment gilt, dust jacket; 40 leaves. $3800. View on Website Original late 19th-century photographic album containing 116 albumen prints depicting views of notable cathedrals in England, Scotland and Ireland, mounted on thick blue card, in a beautiful parchment-gilt binding by Giulio Giannini of Florence, Italy. Presumably compiled by a tourist, this album contains prints of such sites as Canterbury, St. Paul’s, Durham, Exeter, Westminster Abbey, Tintern Abbey, and others. Most prints measure 5-1/4 by 8 inches, placed two on a sheet, though one measures 7-1/2 by 11-1/2 inches; each is titled in the print along the lower edge. With Giulio Giannini’s publicity card laid in. Owner ink signature dated 1887. Cloth dust wrapper with mild soiling; parchment-gilt album beautiful and fine.