Syria—Bonfils and Suleiman Hakim | Album of 52 photographs, circa. 1880s

Syria—Bonfils and Suleiman Hakim

Album of 52 photographs of Syria and Lebanon, circa. 1880s

Oblong folio (340 x 465mm.), 52 albumen prints (average 215 x 280mm., or the reverse), mounted on card, recto and verso, 39 captioned and signed in the negative by Bonfils, 4 captioned and signed in the negative by Suleiman Hamkim, contemporary black half calf, green pebble grain cloth boards, modern red label on upper cover titled "Syrie", some light scattered spotting and fading, expert repairs to binding

The photographs show views in and around Damascus (12), Baalbek (17), Palmyra (5), Jaffa, together with 11 portraits and scenes.