KASHMIR ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS. C 1888 - 1890

Oblong folio (264 x 360mm.), c.115 albumen prints (from 95 x 125mm. to 215 x 275mm., or the reverse), comprising 9 full-page, 86 half-page and 20 quarter-page, contemporary green half roan, gilt edges, some mounts detached, occasional spotting and staining, binding worn, upper cover detached, lacking backstrip

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A good album, compiled by a British officer serving in India, with many topographical views and military camps, together portraits of British and Kashmiri soldiers, big game hunting (including hunting on elephants), and colonial life.