Hamburg Germany c. 1880's pictorial souvenir album street scenes tourism
Brian DiMambro- Antiquarian Books, Maps & Prints(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Souvenir Albums, Pictorial Books, Germany, Hamburg, Street Scenes, Panorama, City Views).
Album von Frankfort am Main.
Published c. 1880's, Frankfurt, Germany by G. Blumlein & Co.
24 pages. Text in German, English, & French. Illustrated throughout with photo-lithographed views joined accordion style as typical.
Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering.
Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.
Much of the text block is separated from the early views due to a split down the fold line (as often seen with these albums).
Binding gently age worn, mostly light signs of handling and time but nothing offensive or severe, book remains overall attractive as an object.
Paper is gently toned, internally still clean, tight, sound internally.
Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive.
Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.
Book Measures c. 6 1/2" H x 5 1/4" W.
[B6219].