- Small scratch in lower part centre, with sm. area of the surface around it sl. rubbed.
= One of Blanca's most iconic and fragile photographs.
- One trifle soiled in right margin (just touching the image); the other lacks two sm. portions of outer blank margin.
- Margins unevenly browned and sl. frayed.
AND ±40 others, all but a few (group)portraits, ±1880-1950 (mostly before 1930), various techniques, i.a. by Scholl (Chicago), Aug. Bleyse (Hoboken, Antwerp), Gustave Buyle (Antwerp), Ch. Parmentier (Verviers), Petros Moraïtes (group portrait of female students of the Arsakeion of Athens) and an anonymous group portrait of actors ("Woodland Players 1889, 'As you like it") taken at Ryde, Isle of Wight.
= Photographers include i.a. Kryn Taconis and John Schaepman.
- Upper pastedown loosening; (sl.) foxed. Backcover 1 cornerpiece broken; gilding sl. worn.
= Dedicated to "den Hoogwelgeboren Heer Jonkheer H. Strick van Linschoten van Rhijnauwen, hoogheemraad van den Lekdijk Bovendams bij gelegenheid van zijn Vijfentwintig jarig Lidmaatschap van het Collegie van den Lekdijk Bovendams".
WITH a (sl. rubbed/ scratched) mounted carte-de-visite portrait, w. "Johan Herman Strick van Linschoten. 1e Luitenant der Jagers. 's Hage. Juni 1907." in pen and ink on verso.
= I.a. Prince Frederick (i.e. Willem Frederik Karel van Oranje-Nassau), Prince Frederick with Pincess Louisa, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna (2x), Princess Friedrich Carl von Preussen, Prince Galitzin, Crownprince Albert von Sachsen, Empress Maria Alexandrovna Romanov of Russia, Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (2x), Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Queen of Prussia, Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands, Napoleon III, Oscar Carré, Graf Karl Wasiljewitsch Nesselrode (Russian diplomat), Lord Robert Montagu (English conservative politician), General Antoine Henri Jomini, Henry Lord Brougham, Alexei Fiodorovitch Orlov (Russian general and diplomat), Pavel Dmitrievitsch Count Kisseliov, general Franz Eduard Ivanovitch Totleben and Count Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy (2x).
- Occas. sm. imperfections/ defects.
= Some photographers: W.H. Brummitt (Pontiac), O. Schaub (Des Moines), Delos L. Ayers (Preston), Grotecloss (New York), Black (Boston), Leisensing (Fort Dodge), N. Jenks (Boonville), J.G. Ellingwood (Manchester), Owen's Gallery (Scranton), C. Heinberger & Son (New Albany), A. Algerson (Elgin), S. Merrill (Lexington), G.E. James (Galena), J. Boycott (La Crosse), Burgess (Holland), Fenwick (Bloomington).
AND ±45 cartes-de-visite by i.a. German/ Luxemburg/ Belgian/ Swedish photographers. - ADDED: 10 cartes-de-visite showing i.a. ships near Scheveningen and the Pier.
- Occas. sm. imperfections/ defects.
AND ±65 others, all portraits of historical figures, by i.a. Neurdein, Charlet & Jacotin and E. Desmaisons (Paris; mostly w. owner's annots. on verso).
- The first 4 prints listed below are (sl.) faded. Album sl. worn.
= Portraits many of the main German and French generals active in the wars of the second half of the 19th century, i.a. Marshal Helmuth Von Moltke, Wilhelm I, Napoleon III, Von Bismarck, Jules Favre (French Statesman), prince Friedrich Carl of Prussia, General Von Steinmetz, Marshal François Certain de Canrobert, General Bourbaki, General Van Roon, General Charles Cousin-Montauban Comte de Palikao, General Julius von Bose, General Charles Frossard, General Jean Jacques Uhrich, General Kuno Vogel von Frankenstein, the Duke of Mecklenburg, Friedrich Franz II Grand-duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Ernst Duke of Saxe-Coburg.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
- Clasp loose, lower catch loosening.
= Provenance: 4 members of one family (3x with surname "Zeilinga"), owner's names on first leaf i.a. of Abraham Ede Zeilinga and his wife Aaltje Geert Klein, and dated "Liverpool 28 Julij 1867". Cartes-de-visite of i.a. King William III, Prince Alexander, Prince Frederik, Prince Hendrik (2x), Princess Beatrice (daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert), Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria, Princess Frederika, Queen Maria Henriette of Belgium, King Leopold I of Belgium, Wilhelm Prince of Orange, Augusta Empress of Germany, the Crown Prince of Sweden with his bride, Eugenie Empress of France. The album also contains 25 carte-de-visite sized albumen prints of paintings showing historical scenes (w. explanatory letterpress text in Dutch on verso).
- Lacks 1 clasp; some of the early cartes-de-visite are photographs of painted portraits.
- A few album leaves sl. dam. Music box without key (not clear if it is in working condition).
= Contains i.a. albumen prints of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, the Queen and Prince Albert, Prince of Wales Edward VII, Prince of Wales and Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Alice, Prince Ludwig of Hesse, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Edward VII Prince of Wales, Alexandra Princess of Wales, Prince Albert Victor, Prince George (later King of Greece), Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll, Princess Mary of Cambridge, Prince Teck, Willie Duff Dunkeld (ghillie, gardener, fiddler, flyfisher and violinmaker, who worked at the Blair Atholl Estate and was a close friend of Queen Victoria), Maximilian archduke of Austria and emperor of Mexico, Edward II Prince of Wales, Alexandra Princess of Wales (in her robes as Doctor of Music), the King of Prussia Wilhelm I, Kaiser Wilhelm I, William Gladstone and Prince Louis Napoleon. The album also contains about 30 other cartes-de-visite, mostly of members of the Pontet family (i.a. Edward Pontet, Caroline Pontet and Georgina Pontet).
= Some photographers: Eric Raquét (Göteborg), H.&H. Johanson (Visby), F. Södergren (Norrköping), B.J. Bengtsson (Trelleborg) and J.G. Wetterholm (Jönköping).
- Identified in pencil on verso.
= Interesting collection incl. images from i.a. Beijing, Hong Kong, Port Arthur and Manchuria, the larger part ostensibly from one and the same source. Also incl. a few scenes with criminals being punished (shortly before and after decapitation) and several scenes (small sizes) from Siberia: Irkutsk, Zima, Lake Baikal (aboard the steam liner) and the Siberian-Chinese railway. One photograph showing "Criminals exiled to Siberia". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
ADDED: 5 press photographs, 1960s, i.a. concerning South Korea.
= See https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/achtergrond/jan-cremers-amsterdam/ (identifying the location).
= The first photograph w. vertical red pencil line to change the frame and verso w. various stamps by LIFE, i.a. dated "5-13-67" and "Story & Location: James Jones Closeup" and w. manuscript annot. "Standing: Gloria Jones".
- Vague fold in lower right corner.
AND 4 other gelatin silverprints of the Paris literary (beat) scene by the same, 31x13,8 to 26,5x34 cm., 2x w. stamp "Photo by Loomis Dean" on verso.
- One photograph mounted on board; 1x w. small stain.