Travel photographs, Europe, Africa, Middle East, South Ameri - Lot 306

Travel photographs, Europe, Africa, Middle East, South America, Indochina, Annam, Spain, Madagascar, Egypt, Greece, West Indies, Venezuela, Colombia and miscellaneous. Circa 1890-1922. Set of three photographic albums (full sizes approx. 30 x 20 x 5.5 cm to 40.5 x 32.5 x 4 cm) consisting of over 370 photographs of mines, life and street scenes and others. A first album titled "Annam, Catalogne, Madagascar (...)" consisting of 240 mostly albumin, citrate and silver prints mounted on cardboard, titled and captioned on visuals and/or mounts. Circa 1903-1922. Amateur and professional photographers. Examples of subjects: Second trip to Annam (1903-1904), views taken in Kandy, island of Ceylon, view of Singapore, views taken in Saigon (Cochinchina), views of Cholen or Cholon near Saigon, general view taken in Tourane, general view in Co-Baï, waterfall and factory, groups of mine and factory personnel, Djibouti, trips to Spain (1904 - Provinces of Huesca and Lérida), Catalonia 1905, trips to Madagascar 1905 (Grigri-Maroventy gold mines, Beforona district), Aden, Egypt, Cairo, trips to Greece (1922), etc. Various states. Whole formats approx. 8.5 x 6 cm to 28 x 21.5 cm. A second album entitled "Antilles, Vénézuela, Colombie (...)" consisting of 37 mostly albumin prints, cyanotypes mounted on cardboard, captioned on mounts. Circa 1890-92. Handwritten annotations in ink on one of the first pages: "Album de vues provenant du Voyage de France en Colombie (Antilles, Vénézuela, Colombie)" signed "Dégoutin". Amateur and professional photographers. Examples of subjects: street in Fort-de-France (Martinique), Types de femmes métis (Creole), Vue générale de Fort de France après l'incendie du 22 Juin 1890, Vénézuela - La Guayra, Vue générale de Caracas, Compagnie française des Mines d'Or de Ségovia (Colombie), intérieur du laboratoire (mine d'or), vue d'ensemble de la Mine de San-Nicolas, etc. Various states. Whole formats from approx. 15.5 x 10.5 cm to 27.5 x 20 cm. A third album on Seville (Spain), consisting of 97 mostly albumin prints, cyanotypes and others mounted on cardboard, with captions on mounts. Circa 1894-1895. Handwritten annotations in ink on one of the first pages, handwritten details of the trip's stages: Vues de Séville, ancienne Capitale de l'Andalousie (Espagne)". Amateur and professional photographers. Examples of subjects: vista general desde la Giralda, Feria des Sevilla, Corrida, Toreador, Running of the Bulls, an Andalusian woman, "Flamencas" dancers and singers, Barcelona, Rio Corumber mines (Province of Huelva), coal mines, interior view of mechanical preparation plant, etc. Various states. Whole formats from approx. 13.5 x 9 cm to 22.5 x 18 cm.