Félix Bonfils (1831-1885), Pascal Sébah (1823-1886), and others
Palestine, Egypt, Italy, c.1880s

An album of 47 albumen prints, image size 19 x25.8cm, pasted down onto album pages, overall measuring 30.5 x42cm, some numbered, titled, and signed in the negative, featuring 3 prints of Palestine, by Félix Bonfils; and 5 prints related to Egypt by Pascal Sébah, signed in the negative. Subjects include the Tomb of Zechariah and St. James, Jerusalem; the courtyard and the arched entry of the Mosque Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem; and an interior view of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem; Palm trees on the Nile shore, near Giza; the Heliopolis Obelisk; a view of the Temple of Isis, Philae; the Great Hypostyle Hall, and the Pylons, Kranak Temple, Luxor; the The Colossi of Memnon, Lukor; an aerial view of St. Peter Square, Rome; the Observatory of the Vesuvium, Naples; Castel dell'Ovo, Naples; Temple of Serapis, Pozzuoli; a general view of the gulf of Sorrento; a coastal view of Amalfi; the Temple of Neptune, Paestum; Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia; Cathedral of Palermo; the Greek Theatre in Taormina; Tomb of Archimedes, Syracuse; among others.

Housed in brown morocco leather boards, with gilt decorations on margins and embossed H.V. on front cover.