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Spain and Portugal in 58 photographic prints: from bullfighting to scenic city views

[PHOTOGRAPHY - SPAIN - PORTUGAL].
Espagne - Portugal 1899.
[Spain?, Hauser & Menet and others?], 1896-1899. Oblong album (32 x 41 cm). An album with 58 photographic prints (including one tinted) varying in size (20.5 x 15.5 to 27.5 x 21.5 cm ), each on thick paperboard. Half black leather, blind-stamped boards (title in gold on front board). [58] ll.
€ 4,500
Album containing 58 photographic prints depicting scenes and sights in Spain and Portugal. Subjects of the prints vary. From the El Escorial, the historical residence of the King of Spain, to the interior of the cathedral - and former mosque - of Cordoba. The prints also show the exterior and interior of the bullfighting arena in Madrid. 2 of these 3 prints show bullfighting in action. A little more than half of the prints contain captions revealing the location depicted in the photograph, such as the scenic views of cities such as Madrid, Barcelona and Seville. The subject and/or location of the prints without captions remain unclear, but some are very likely sites in Portugal, since all of the prints with captions are in Spain.
According to the captions, the photographs of Seville were taken by E. Beauchy, a Spanish photographer from the same city. He photographed the region of Andalusia, south Spain at the end of the nineteenth-century. Some prints of Madrid and Barcelona were produced by printers of Spanish graphic art Hauser and Menet in 1896 and 1897.
With an Antwerp bookseller's ticket on the front paste-down. The binding shows some minor signs of wear, mostly around the spine and corners of the boards. Slight foxing/browning of the outer edges of the paperboard, not affecting the photographs, some photographs have slightly faded edges, which does not interfere with the actual image. Overall in good condition. An album with 58 views of sights in Spain and Portugal.
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