Cultural Insights from Various Regions

Description

Japan: 8 color plates lacking title page, tear on 2/3 of one plate's height. Japan, landscapes & monuments: 8 color plates with similar tear on 2 plates, title & description pages. Russia, costumes & customs: 8 plates from photos by Pegoff, Mazourine, Scherer, Nabholtz. Egypt, landscapes & monuments: 8 plates from Zangaki, Fiorillo, Sébah & Abdullah brothers, with similar tear. Italy, types & costumes: 8 plates from Alinari Frères. Tonkin, customs from Diaule fils: 8 plates. Turkey, types & customs: 8 plates from Sebah & Joaillier. Andaman Islands & Ceylon: customs from Bourne & Shepherd: 8 plates. Switzerland: 8 plates of customs & picturesque sites from Gabler in Interlaken. Burma: 8 plates of sites from Bourne & Shepherd. Canada Pacific Railway, customs & landscapes from Armstrong: 8 plates. English Indies: 8 plates from Bourne & Shepherd. Syria: 8 plates from Blanche. Holy Land: 8 plates from Fiorillo. Red Sea, indigenous types: 7 plates from Fiorillo & Zangacki. Published by L. Boulanger in Paris around 1890, 17.5 x 26 cm, Italian format, 18 fascicles with title/description page, bound in half-leather (damaged), ribbed spine. Very rare.