Francis Frith (1822-1898)

PHOTO-PICTURES FROM THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE, c.1875, illustrated by scripture words, subjects include the Sinai mountains range, Petra, Lebanon, Kadesh, Jerusalem, the valley of Josaphat, Shiloh, Nazareth, Athens, Cairo, completed with maroon folder, with title to top board in gilt. Albumen prints (30), image size, 210 x 155mm, mounted on original card paper (sheet size, 382 x 310mm), numbered in mount lower margin, typeset letterpress title and inscriptions in lower margins, with pencil annotation in mount verso lower margin, one example with pencil annotations mount lower margin recto, another with typed photographer's studio copyright in mount lower margin verso, ink annotations to board.