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Sebah (J. Pascal) and others. Middle East

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including Egypt (the majority), Lebanon (Beirut, Baalbek etc.), Syria and Jerusalem, c.150 albumen prints, average 210 x 260mm. or the reverse, titled in the negative or in ink below, on contemporary card mounts, preserved in two contemporary cloth portfolios, backstrips worn, upper covers lettered "Aegypten" and "Syrien & Aegypten", c.1870s-90s

***Approximately 40 are signed by Sebah; other photographers include Arnoux, Dumas, Zangaki and Abdullah freres. Although generally in excellent condition, some 30 are printed in a pink tone which may owe more to a chemical reaction than to an aesthetic decision..

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