TWO LARGE ALBUMS OF 108 PHOTOGRAPHS OF HUNTING AND STALKING IN AUSTRIA. [LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY]

Property from an Important Private Collection

FRANZ JOSEPH I OF AUSTRIA--MALLMANN, DR. FEDERICO AND CARL SRNA

TWO LARGE ALBUMS OF 108 PHOTOGRAPHS OF HUNTING AND STALKING IN AUSTRIA. [LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY]

2 volumes, large folio (540 x 435mm.), 108 platinum prints (from 154 x 105mm. to 185 x 240mm., or the reverse), mounted on card, recto only, each volume with elaborate calligraphic manuscript title in pen and ink ("Skizzen aus dem Jägerleben in Oberösterreich und Steiermark nach der Natur aufgenommen von Dr. Federico Mallmann und Carl Srna"), modern red faux leather, gilt metal corner pieces, retaining watered-silk endpapers and backstrips from the original binding by Hermann Scheibe of Vienna, Imperial and Royal bookbinder, mounts spotted and damp-stained, minor scratches and repairs to bindings