Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History
Lot Closed
November 15, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
East Africa and Zanzibar
Album of photographs. c. 1900
Oblong 4to (240 x 287mm.), 142 photographs (from 76 x 52mm. to 202 x 256mm., or the reverse), some mounted up to 4 to a page, many with manuscript captions in a contemporary hand, some dated 1900 or 1901 in captions, diced red morocco gilt, edges gilt, silk endpapers, some fading of photographs at extremities, album worn and splitting at upper joint
This album contains photographs of Mombasa, Nairobi, and Zanzibar, and includes ethnographic photographs of the Askari, Masai Kikuja and Wandrobo tribes, including the Ilchamus ethnic community (Njemps). It also includes photographs of big game hunting and views of landscapes and dwellings.