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Felice Beato
untitled [Japan]
1868 (ca)
Albumen print, hand-painted
Sotheby's - London
Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History, 15 November 2011, Lot 180
LL/44381
LARGE ALBUM OF 'SCENES, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF JAPAN'. C.1868]
Oblong folio (353 x 474mm.), 100 hand-coloured albumen prints (average 260 x 200mm., or the reverse), individually mounted on card, recto only, 74 with descriptive letterpress mounted facing the image on verso of preceding mount, others captioned in pencil on the mount, contemporary red roan-backed red cloth boards, covers with gilt stamped decoration, upper cover titled 'Views of Japan',
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