India--Bourne, Samuel

Large oblong folio (344 x 460mm.), 100 albumen prints (233 x 287mm., or the reverse), mounted on card, recto and verso, the majority of the prints signed and numbered in the negative (mostly Bourne; the photographs of Burma by Bourne and Shepherd), each with a manuscript calligraphic title, number and caption in ink on the mount, protective glassine guards, contemporary black morocco, engraved brass cornerpieces and bosses, brass lock and clasp, upper cover with large central brass monogram 'FG', binding neatly rebacked retaining original spine, slightly rubbed

Felix von Goldstein, his monogram on upper cover; Robert Lebeck Collection, Germany; Private European collection

This album is in very good general condition. The albumen prints are in very good general condition. A few prints with very light edge fading. The binding with occasional scratching. The cards are in very good general condition, no foxing or surface dirt. The protective tissues are in very good condition; a few with folds.
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A fine album of photographs, compiled for Felix von Goldstein, a professional musician and bandmaster to the Viceroy. He was a resident at Simla, and his monogram appears on the upper cover and in a manuscript note on the mount to one of the photographs (no.67).

The photographs, the majority by Samuel Bourne, cover large parts of India, including Allahabad, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Agra, Secunda, Delhi, Gwalior, Lahore, Peshawar, Bombay, Darjeeling, Simla, Kashmir, Wanga Valley, Kulu, Spiti, Ootacamund, Tanjore and Trichinoply, together with a few photographs each of Burma and Ceylon at the end.