[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. TURNER, A.A., photographer. The Voyage to Europe visiting twelve countries. New York: D. Appleton & Co., ca 1860s. A very rare group of 12 stereoviews housed in Motoscope viewer.

6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. albumenized copies of stereoviews (toning, some edge and corner wear, some with short tears at bottom edge, each with scattered spotting to verso). Housed in viewing case with lenses on front cover with title, and affixed paper label to interior providing "Directions for its Use."

Views were previously attached to viewing case by two ribbons connected through two holes punched into the bottom edge of each view and holes punched into the case. Ribbon fragments remain.

View titles include "Bridge of Kreutznach (on the Rhine)," "The Bridge of Unterseen (Switzerland)," "Guttenberg Place at Mayence," "Cathedral of Mayence," "Church of Notre Dame (Dresden)," "Ruins of Acropolis," "A View in Constantinople," "Osborne House (Isle of Wight)," "View of the Cathedrale, Seville (Spain)," "Façade of the Louvre (Paris)," "Imperial Library (St. Petersburg)," and "Façade of the Chartreuse (Pavia)."

Property of a New York Lady

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. TURNER, A.A., photographer. The Voyage to Europe visiting twelve countries. New York: D. Appleton & Co., ca 1860s. A very rare group of 12 stereoviews housed in Motoscope viewer.

American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. TURNER, A.A., photographer. The Voyage to Europe visiting twelve countries. New York: D. Appleton & Co., ca 1860s. A very rare group of 12 stereoviews housed in Motoscope viewer.

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