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With 116 albumen photographs mounted on 49 thick-stock leaves with cloth stubs, captioned in the negative; measuring from 3¾x2½" to 8½x11". (Oblong) 10¾x14½, half dark morocco and brown cloth, ruled in gilt, moiré silk endpapers, hinges reinforced with cloth.

A “Grand Tour” album of original photographs from various locations in Europe during the later half of the nineteenth century, taken by several noted photographers of the period, including: George Washington Wilson, James Valentine, Francis Frith, and others. Locations include: The Leaning Tower of Pisa; St. Paul’s London; The Albert Memorial in Hyde Park; London Bridge; Westminster Abbey; House of Commons (London); Tower of London; Trafalgar Square; several of the Lincoln Cathedral; Windsor Castle; York Minster; Cambridge; Canterbury; Hawarden Castle; sailing vessel S.S. Umbria (Cunard) in Liverpool; Ben Lomond & Loch Lomond; Killarney; Blarney Castle; Arc de Triomphe, The Opera House, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Le Pantheon, artwork in the Louvre (including the Mona Lisa), and L’Obelisque in Paris; Palais de Versailles; artwork in the Luxembourg Museum; Monaco; etc.