JEAN GEISER

'Souvenir d'Algérie', 1880s

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JEAN GEISER
'Souvenir d'Algérie', 1880s
Two albums containing a total of forty-eight albumen prints, each approx. 7¼ x 9½ in. or the reverse, mounted one-per-page on blue album leaves within black printed border, titled in ink on mounts, red cloth boards, titled and with photographer's credit Jean Geiser 7 rue Bab-Azoun à Alger on front covers, oblong 4to. (2)

Lot Essay

Several views around Constantine including the Arab quarter, El Kantara bridge, 'le cercle militaire', the gorges at Rhumel; views around Biskra and Algiers including 'la grande mosquée E. Djedid', four views of the casbah, a market scene, a landscape and three architectural studies around Blidah; several portraits and costume studies including a group portrait at an Arab party, a portrait of a falconer (illus.), village people, a musician, and a portrait of a man titled 'Mezabih'.

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