Lot Essay
Including views of Nagasaki, Vancouver, Toronto, Niagara Falls and an unusual study of a Montreal building covered with foam after a fire.
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KUSAKABE KIMBEI and others
Japan, Hong Kong, Penang, Singapore and Canada, late 19th century
Album of approx. eighty photographs,the majority albumen prints, eighteen of these hand-coloured, various sizes to approx. 8½ x 11 in., photographers' credits include Bailey Bros. (4), Notman (3), W.B.T. (4), Kusakabe Kimbei stamped inside cover, black lacquer boards depicting Mt. Fuji with heron, oblong 4to.
Japan, Hong Kong, Penang, Singapore and Canada, late 19th century
Album of approx. eighty photographs,the majority albumen prints, eighteen of these hand-coloured, various sizes to approx. 8½ x 11 in., photographers' credits include Bailey Bros. (4), Notman (3), W.B.T. (4), Kusakabe Kimbei stamped inside cover, black lacquer boards depicting Mt. Fuji with heron, oblong 4to.