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Lot Number
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168
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Title
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ALBUM OF LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHS, MOSTLY OF NORTH AMERICA.
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Year Published
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1880
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Description
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NORTH AMERICA. Large oblong folio (470 x 570mm.), 39 albumen prints, comprising: 29 very large prints (440 x 540mm.; or the reverse) and 10 other prints (average 150 x 220mm.; or the reverse), mounted on thick card, recto and verso, contemporary red half morocco gilt, gilt edges, some fading and spotting, binding a little marked and scuffed
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Lot Note
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Rare large photographs, including: 4 large and 6 other prints of Salt Lake City by C.R. Savage, with views of the Mormon Tabernacle, Gardo House, Lion House, Ute Indians, and bathing at Garfield Landing; 14 large and 4 other prints by Isaiah West Taber (of San Francisco), mostly views of Yosemite (possibly after Carleton Watkins), with a view of San Francisco and 4 photographs of an Opium den; 3 large prints of the Niagra Falls and 8 large prints of views in and around Chamonix by unknown photographers.
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Provenance
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PROPERTY REMOVED FROM DUNECHT HOUSE, ABERDEENSHIRE Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, bart., Paddockhurst, Sussex, bookplate; Annie Pearson, bookplate
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Estimated Price
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GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00( USD 7550.00 - USD 10570.00)
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Actual Price
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GBP 49,250.00 ( USD 74367.50)
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