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A group of 24 silver gelatin prints, each in an embossed brown mat, signed and captioned in ink on the mat. The images measure 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches in an 8 x 10 inch mat; light wrinkling to some mats.

The 24 photographs show interior and exterior details of architectural structures in Puebla, Mexico. Included are: a birds-eye-view of Puebla; the Cathedral; the famed Santa Rosa kitchen; various majolica tiled buildings; the Capilla Real, built in 1549 and modeled on the great Mosque in Cordova, Spain; the large ex-convento San Francisco, the Federal Palace, and others.
Enrique A. Cervantes (1898-1953) was an engineer, photographer and historic preservationist. He spent his life on researching, measuring, drawing and photographing the architectural and decorative arts of colonial Mexico. From 1928 to 1942 he produced ten limited edition portfolios of original photographs depicting the colonial heritage of various Mexican cities.
Individually issued photographs by Cervantes are more uncommon than his published portfolios. A few of the above images are reproduced in his portfolio "Puebla de los Angeles en el Ano de Mil Novecientos Trienta y Tres" though most of the above are other buildings or variants of the published images.

A fine, clean boudoir size albumen photograph showing the recently constructed church for the Board of Missions, that opened in Chihuahua in 1882. Other construction can be seen at the side of the church. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. The photographers imprint on the verso of the mount.

A group of five mounted albumen photographs measuring 5 x 8 1/4 inches, with the photographer's hand-stamps on the verso. All edges gilt, one mount chipped.

Three of the images show views of the Alameda, near the corners of San Diego Street and Avenida Juarez, with ink notations at the bottom of the mounts. The other two are of a house, presumably at this location. On the verso of one view is written in pencil "For Anita. Taken Sept. 20/85."

Photograph of a German girl, posed with her Christmas tree and many new toys. 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Stamped on verso: " Lindstedt and Zimmermann/ Coblenz am Rhine, Kaiserin-Augusta-Ring Nr. 3/ Artistic Photographs, Medal for Photographic Work Telefon 1952. And in pencil: "1922."

A group of five photographs, each 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, on cardboard mounts, trimmed to the image. Each has a banner text at the bottom of the image, giving a title, number, date and captions in Spanish and English. The images have good tones, but there is minor sun bleaching at the edges fading from previous framing.

An excellent group showing the Town of Orizaba and four views on a coffee plantation. They are: No.161. Orizaba, Panoramic View * No. 306. Ranch. Arrival of the Coffee Cutters * No. 92. Coffee Ranch * No. 93. Coffee Plants * No. 194. Ranch. Place to dry the Coffee.
Each image is dated February 6, 1896 and credited "A. Briquet, fot." Abel Briquet, a Frenchman who taught photography at St. Cyr, the French military academy and had a studio in Paris, came to Mexico in 1883. Considered the first "commercial" photographer in Mexico, he spent the next decade photographing landscape, flora and fauna, "typical" scenes, buildings and monuments. He also photographed modern Mexico, with images of factories, railroads and other technological advancements.

Cabinet card photographs showing six children holding dumb bells, Indian clubs and poles. Possibly posed as a class in physical education. The photographer is Muma of Holstein, Iowa, circa 1890.

A season's greetings and promotional from the Gallup American Coal Company, featuring an original sepia-toned silver gelatin photograph mounted to the greetings. The piece measures 12 1/2 x 6 and is folded once; the photograph measures 3 3/4 x 6 inches and has some minor staining in the background portion.

The Willis photograph is a three quarter length portrait of Hoski Yashe, the 104 year old Navaho Chief.

22 pages. Illustrated from photographs, plus a folding map in color. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. Pictorial wrappers; frayed at edges.

Offers and descriptions of motor-car tours throughout Algeria, offered by the national railroad. On the back cover someone has written the address for American Express in pencil.

174+ pages. Extensively illustrated from photographs. Quarto (11 x 8 3/4 inches); white buckram in pictorial dust jacket.

First edition, issued in the series "Les Imaginaires." Laid in is a printed plate list. The reproductions of photographs are printed in a rich gravure.

85 pages. Illustrated with one mounted woodburytype, 4 x 6 ½ inches ( 102 x 164 mm.) by the American Photo Relief Printing Co. of Philadelphia, founded by John Carbutt, and 7 lithographic illustrations of recently constructed coast and harbor light houses. Octavo, 9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches ( 235 x 146 mm.). Embossed red cloth with gilt title; slight damp staining to the bottom of the plates.

The United States Light-House Board, originally known as the United States Light House Establishment, was created in 1789 to manage the twelve colonial lighthouses along the eastern seaboard. By 1851, over 300 lighthouses had been erected in the United States. Responding to complaints about the management of their affairs, Congress authorized a board of specialists to study the matter. The board found that lighthouses built during the mid nineteenth century suffered from inadequate construction and design and created the new United States Light-House Board. The Naval and Army engineers on the Light-House Board brought great changes to lighthouse construction and organization. The installation of new Fresnel lenses, capable of gathering and focusing a central light into a beam visible from far distances, as well as new types of fog signals and buoys were among the innovations they instituted. It was not until 1886 that the Light House Board tested a new light source, electricity, to illuminate the torch of the Statue of Liberty, a key aid to navigation at the time.

Mounted albumen photograph measuring 7 x 9 inches extracted from an album, the mount meauring 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Corners of mount chipped, but a rich, detailed image.

Shown is a view down the Calle del Arco in Antigua, Guatemala. In the background is the Volcan Agua and in the center the famous Arco de Santa Catalina.

12 pages. With two large mounted albumen photographs showing the assembled and disassembled skeleton of a large fossilized bird. The images measure 10 ½ x 7 ½ inches ( 267 x 191 mm.). Folio, 13 x 9 ¾ inches ( 330 x 229 mm.). Yellow printed wrappers; a bright, clean copy.

After studying medicine at Tubingen, Jäger became the director of the Viennese Zoological Garden. It was at this time that he published the above paper with its two extraordinary photographs of a nearly complete skeleton of a Palapteryx Ingens. In 1868 he was appointed professor of zoology at the Academy of Hohenheim and subsequently he taught zoology and anthropology at Stuttgart Polytechnic. He published extensively and in 1876 suggested an early hypothesis in explanation of heredity. Heidtmann. #1008.

An album, most likely from the 1920's, containing two colored woodcuts of costumed puppets and 17 mounted gelatin silver prints showing 40 traditional puppet heads used in the Bunraku theater. Each page is faced with mounted text in Japanese, and a previous owner has added tipped-in English translations. The text describes the character, notes moving parts, and the role each puppet plays. The photographs measure between 4 x 3 inches ( 102 x 76 mm.) and 5 1/2 x 4 inches ( 140 x 102 mm.). The first photograph is missing. Oblong octavo, 7 1/2 x 11 inches ( 191 x 279 mm.); beige boards with a torn, mounted Japanese woodcut on cover; string tie.

Bunraku is a blending of storytelling and puppetry - "possibly the most developed form of puppetry in the world," - www.japan-zone.com. First developed in Osaka in 1684, the art flowered during the eighteenth century and then lost favor until recent times. The puppets are large, usually about half life-size and the main characters are operated by three puppeteers. The main puppeteer, who manipulates the head, is seen on stage, generally dressed in bright robes, while his assistants wear black.

87 pages. Attractively illustrated with 11 albumen photographs by Ghemar Frères, mostly 5 x 8 inches (127 x 203 mm.) on stiff mounts. Quarto, 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (292 x 191 mm.). Printed wrappers.

An attractive catalog of 2,456 lots. Shown in the photographs are 121 oriental vases, bowls, jars, and figurative ceramics. The photographers credit themselves as "Ghemar Frères, Photographes du Roi" and have been called "the most famous portrait studio in Brussels" - Joseph & Schwilden. DICTIONARY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS IN BELGIUM. Vol. 1, p.186. During the 1870's the brothers opened a shop selling objects of art and involved themselves in a number of auction projects, including a sale of Louis Joseph Ghemar's own collection in 1877.

Two colored silver gelatin prints by the photographer Azpeitia. Each is mounted to a board and measure 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches on 14 x 11 inch mounts. The photographer's hand stamp is on the mounts. Light soiling to mounts, but the photographs are bright and clean.

A charming pair, showing children dressed in indigenous clothing.

With 20 mounted woodburytypes, printed by Lemercier. Each measures 7 ½ x 5 ½ inches (191 x 140 mm.). Quarto, 10 x 8 inches (254 x 203 mm.). contemporary half black morocco original wrappers bound in; a fine bright copy.

An auction catalog containing 435 lots, of which 88 ceramic objects are displayed in the twenty woodburytype illustrations by Lemercier. Included are more than one hundred lots of Chinese ceramics. Splendid examples are the two Chinese boar's head soup tureens pictured in the plate reproduced here.

A group of 23 documents, from 17 countries, to Charles Francis Jones of San Francisco, offering patent protection, first in his name, than in the company name "Colorco" for a method of making color film for both still and motion pictures and for the manufacture of cameras to project such film. The letters of patent come from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. They date from 1916 to 1922 and come with an array of official seals and stamps. Mostly 13 x 8 1/2 inches. Generally in fine condition.

A large, handsome photographic album for this German Agricultural Society Exposition. There are 115 gelatin silver prints, mounted to 43 stiff leaves. Some leaves have printed or manuscript captions. A few photographs have the blind stamps of the photographers Rob. Heinrick of Altona and Zander & Labisch, of Berlin. The images measure from 4 x 6 inches ( 102 x 152 mm.) to 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (191 x 241 mm.). Thick oblong folio, 12 x 16 inches ( 305 x 406 mm.). Full calf, with cover design in gilt, depicting a farmer at a plow. The binding is signed on the rear cover, 'Adolf Schloss, Berlin.' Covers show minor wear.

Photographs of the exposition's opening ceremonies are followed by depictions in profile of prize winning horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, rabbits, and fowl. One interesting image shows a photographer with his set-up photographing one of these prize winning specimens. Equestrian displays and other exhibitions as well as the interiors and exteriors of the buildings are pictured in many of the photographs. There are six overviews of the fair showing the large crowds and extensive grounds.
Though taken just a few years after Germany's defeat in a world war, the crowds and pride in the livestock shown in these photographs display an optimism not often seen in 1920's Germany. Founded in 1885, the Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft is still active today, with over 17,000 members worldwide.

Group of nine mounted albumen photographs on card stock, with gold borders. The unidentified photographer has reproduced engravings by Gustave Dore. Each mount has a section of Tennyson's poem printed in black. The nine photographs are housed in a red leatherette slipcase, with the words "Enid. Dore" printed in gold. The images measure 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. The photographs and case are in fine condition.

Inside the case is the inscription "From Will, Xmas 1879." These nine masterful illustrations were originally issued for Dore's illustrated edition of ENID in 1868.