Abbé Henri NICOLELivre Rare Book
[Stereographs] [Jerusalem]Biblio.com
A collection of 22 sepia-toned stereographs of Jerusalem published by Underwood and Underwood New York
1896142565New York: Underwood & Underwood Publishers 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. New York Underwood & Underwood Publishers 'Copyright 1896' to 'Copyright 1903' a date within this range is printed on the recto of each item. Each pair of sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs is mounted on the publisher's dark grey card with an English-language caption underneath the photograph repeated in six languages on the verso of all but two cards which are blank. The size of the arch-topped prints is approximately 80 × 78 mm; the card size is 88 × 178 mm. The condition of all photographs and cards is uniformly fine; they are housed in the publisher's cloth-covered bookform box lettered 'Jerusalem through the Stereoscope Underwood and Underwood' on the spine cloth a little rubbed marked and worn at the extremities. The cards are numbered on the recto: they are 10 12-20 22-26 28-33 and 35 although the latter has the number altered in pencil to read 27. In addition to the brief captions in six languages on the verso six cards also have lengthy captions in English on the verso four are printed down the length of the card when it is in portrait format; the other two are printed across the card when it is in landscape format. 22 items. Underwood & Underwood, Publishers hardcover
