AUSTRALIA, FIJI, NEW CALEDONIA, ETC. Two albums of views in Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, India and Sri Lanka, Aden and Suez, and others, 93 albumen prints (variable toning, 2 with some surface loss, some spotting), mounted between 1 and 2 images per page (recto and verso), images approximately 215 x 280mm., or smaller, with 2 other photographs (New Guinea, and Fiji) loosely inserted, contemporary half morocco, one stamped 'G.B.' on upper cover, one stamped 'B.J.B.', worn, folio, [1880s] Footnotes: Includes scarce views of Fiji (8, including views of Levuka and Suva), and New Caledonia (8, of which 4 views of Noumea, including a panorama on 2 sheets; 2 of the convict quarters and of the 'Missionary aborigines settlement'), and Australia (40, including Adelaide, Sydney including the 1879 International Exhibition building, the Albion mines, Blue Mountains, Imperial Caves, etc.). Others include India (7, Bombay and Poona), Sri Lanka (6 including one by Scowen), South Africa (2, a 2-part panorama of Cape Town), 2 ship crews (H.M.S. Carola; H.M.S. Minotaur, dated 1880), and others, most Aden and Suez. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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