ANONYMOUS

(XIX)

Post mortem, France, c. 1855. 2 original photographs.

Daguerreotypes.

Oval trimmed ninth-plate, 6.5 x 5.3 cm, Overall dimension 8 x 6.8 cm; Quarter-plate, cutout 6.8 x 9 cm, Overall dimension 10.8 x 13.8 cm.

Set behind glass in oval leather case of the period with intact closure; remounted behind glass.

ANONYMOUS

(XIX)

Outdoor portrait, probably France, c. 1855.

Daguerreotype.

Quarter-plate; elliptical cutout 7 x 5.5 cm (visible dimension); Overall dimension 12.3 x 11 cm.

Remounted behind glass.

VICTOR PLUMIER, RAMON & ANONYM

(active 1843-1865), (active 1840-1869), (XIX)

Portraits, probably France and Eastern Europe (1), c. 1850-1855. 4 original photographs.

Daguerreotypes.

Cutout approx. 6.5 x 4.8 cm to 9.5 x 7.2 cm (visible dimension); Overall dimension approx. 13 x 11 cm to 15.5 x 12.7 cm.

1 print stamped in the plate "Ramon", 2 with mounted photographer's labels.

JEAN-GABRIEL EYNARD

(1775-1863), attributed

Children's portraits of the De Lessert family, 1850.

Daguerreotype. Quarter-plate.

Cutout 9 x 7 cm; Overall dimension 15.1 x 12.6 cm.

Dated by old hand verso. Behind glass in old mount.

ANTOINE DETRAZ

(1821-1900)

"Les Genêts, 1886". Portrait of the Eynard family before the villa in Beaulieu.

Albumen print mounted on firm cardboard. Vintage.

19 x 25.5 cm.

Titled on the mount, verso with photographer's stamp, this pasted over with old handwritten legend of depicted persons. Matted.

HERMANN EMDEN

(1815-1878)

Portrait of a woman, before 1872.

Coloured saltprint.

Oval cutout 20 x 16 cm.

Mounted photographer's label with address "Frankuft a/M. Bockenheimergasse No. 9. "zur Harmonie." on the verso. Old framing.

CARTE-DE-VISITE -

Well-maintained collection of approximately 380 original photographs, c. 1860 to 1920.

(Partly coloured) albumen and silver bromide gelatin prints, collotypes and ferrotypes. Vintages. Mostly mounted on printed, blind-stamped and partly hand annotated cardboard, occasionally also with mounted photographer's label on the verso. Mostly Carte de Visite format (approx. 10 x 6.5 cm). Loosely inserted in transparent archive folders, in acid-free archive box with ring binder.

ABDULLAH FRÈRES

(XIX-XX)

Ottoman military, Constantinople, c. 1880-1893. Album with 18 original photographs.

Albumen prints. Mounted on firm cardboard. Partly with imprinted number. Each approx. 30 x 37 cm (portrait and landscape formats), album approx. 36 x 47.5 cm. [9] cardboards. Restored half-morocco binding of the period with some spine gilding.

FRÉDÉRIC BOISSONNAS

(1858-1946)

1. Au Panthénon; 2. Les Propylées. Greece, c. 1908. 2 original photographs.

Silver bromide gelatin prints. Vintages.

Image dimension 19 x 14 cm and 22.5 x 16.3 cm; Sheet dimension each 24 x 17.5 cm.

Annotated and signed below the image "Boissonnas. Genève". Photographer's stamp on the verso.

FRÉDÉRIC A. FLACHERON

(1813-1883)

Rome, 1850-1851. 3 original photographs.

Saltprints. Vintages.

Each approx. 33 x 24 to 34 x 25.5 cm (portrait and landscape formats).

Each with imprinted photographer name "F. Flacheron" and year. 1 print mounted on cardboard.

HERMANN KUMMLER

(1863-1949)

Views of Brazil, c. 1888-1890. 64 original photographs.

Albumen prints mounted on firm cardboard.

Each approx. 12 x 16.5 (portrait and landscape formats).

Most numbered in the image, 23 monogrammed, partly annotated. Annotated on verso in German in Sütterlin script, 1 cardboard mounted with photographer's label.

KUSAKABE KIMBEI

(1841-1934)

Japan, c. 1880-1890. Album with 45 original photographs.

Mostly coloured albumen prints. Vintages. Mounted on firm cardboard. Each approx. 20.5 x 26.5 cm (portrait and landscape formats), Album 27.5 x 35 cm. [22] cardboards mounted as leporello. Attractive black lacquer album of the period with wooden covers with cover illustrations painted in gold and colours, as well as intarsia decoration, in marbled cardboard case, lined silk interior.

EDWARD SHERRIF CURTIS

(1868-1952)

Die untergehende Rasse - Navajo, 1904.

Gelatin silver print. Vintage.

Image dimension 14.3 x 19.2 cm; sheet dimension 20 x 24.6 cm.

Signed "Curtis" lower right below the image, photographer's copyright imprinted lower left in the image. Original studio frame.

SWITZERLAND -

Views of Switzerland, c. 1850-1900. Well-maintained collection with over 400 original photographs in 4 new cardboard cases.

Albumen, collodium and gelatin silver prints, as well as photochroms and collotypes. Vintage. Mounted on cardboard.

Each approx. 9.5 x 5.5 to approx. 21 x 27 cm (various portrait and landscape formats).

Mostly printed mounting cards, partly hs. annotated, occasionally signed and dated or with old collection stamps.

CARTE DE VISITE -

Album with approximately 300 original photographs, c. 1850-1900.

Albumen and celloidin prints. Vintages. Cartes de Visites and cabinet photographs mounted on printed cartouches, the latter mostly with old handwritten annotation. Each approx. 10 x 6 and 15 x 10 cm (various formats). Album 47 x 33 cm. 20 handwritten mounts. Half-leather album of the period with mounted labels with handwritten title "Schweiz" on the back and cover.

ALBERT STEINER

(1877-1965)

"Blick zu Bellavista (Berninagruppe)", c. 1920.

Toned gelatin silver print double mounted on cardboard. Vintage.

16.8 x 22.6 cm.

Fully signed "Albert Steiner, St. Moritz" and annotated on cardboard mount. Framed.

FRÉDÉRIC BOISSONNAS

(1858-1946)

Matterhorn, c. 1920.

Heliogravure. Vintage.

Image dimension 54.5 x 40 cm; Sheet dimension approx. 55 x 41 cm (uneven).

Imprinted signature lower right in the image "Fréd. Boissonnas". Old framing.

EMANUEL GYGER

(1886-1951).

"Wildelsigengrat-Balmhorn", c. 1940.

Gelatin silver print. Vintage.

Image dimension 43.5 x 28.8 cm; Sheet dimension 44.2 x 29.4 cm.

Signed "Phot. E. Gyger" and titled lower in the image. Annotated and dedication by another hand.

EMANUEL GYGER

(1886-1951)

Balmhorn; Wildhorn; Weisshorn, c. 1930. 3 original photographs.

Gelatin silver print. Vintages. 1 print mounted on cardboard.

Image dimension approx. 16.5 x 22.5 to 29 x 9.5 cm (portrait and landscape formats).

Each signed "Phot. E. Gyger" and hand annotated lower right. 1 print stamped "E. Gyger, Phot. Adelboden" on the verso.

EMILE GOS

(1888-1969)

Alpine images, c. 1920. 10 original photographs.

Toned gelatin silver prints. Vintages.

Image dimension each approx. 15.5 x 11 cm, Sheet dimension each approx. 16 x 11.5 cm.

Most fully signed, hand titled, and partly with image number lower right in the image/below the image. Most with photographer's stamp with address "Petit-Chêne, Richemont No. 20, Lausanne", as well as 2 additional stamps on the verso.

ALBERT STEINER

(1877-1965)

"Novembertag am St. Moritzersee", 1927(?).

Gelatin silver print on matte paper mounted on cardboard. Vintage.

28.5 x 21.5 cm; Mount 41.5 x 32 cm.

Fully signed "Albert Steiner St. Moritz" and titled on mount. The verso of mount dated by another hand and with dedication to a previous owner on mounted paper strip.

ANDREAS PEDRETT

(1892-1977)

Mountain guide Ph. Wieland at the Fiamma, Bergell, c. 1930.

Toned silver bromide gelatin print mounted on cardboard. Vintage.

38.3 x 29.7 cm

Photographer stamp on cardboard verso.

ALBERT STEINER

(1877-1965)

"Anstieg zum Piz Palü", c. 1920. Panoramic view.

Toned gelatin silver print. Vintage.

19.5 x 41 cm.

Titled lower right in the image, verso additionally annotated "Im Anstieg zum Piz P[alü], Berninag[ruppe]", photographer's stamp.

JEAN GABERELL

(1887-1949)

"Blick vom Monte Rosa", c. 1920.

Toned gelatin silver print. Vintage.

Approx. 21 x 47 cm (uneven).

Handwritten title lower left. Verso with photographer's stamp "J. Gaberell Photographische Anstalt Thalwil (Zürich)". Framed.

PHOTOGLOB ZÜRICH

(XIX-XX)

Panoramic views of Switzerland, c. 1900. 8 original photographs.

Photochrom. Vintage.

Each approx. 18 x 83 to 22.5 x 76 cm.

Most with gold printed image number and legend. Stamped on verso. Loosely inserted in linen binding of the period.