The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

6 x 5 in. album containing 45 CDVs of European subjects, many from England, including British Royalty, Members of Parliament, Prime Ministers, academics, performers, and more. Photographers/studios represented within the album include Mayall (London), Thiebault (Paris), Disderi (Paris), Caldesi, and Blanford & Co. (London). Highlighted subjects include: Royal Family of England. -- Empress Eugenie. -- Louis Napoleon. -- William Gladstone. -- Sidney Herbert. -- Duke of Newcastle. -- Lord Spencer (in uniform). -- Lord Campbell. -- Archbishop of Canterbury. -- Garibaldi. -- Rosina Wright. -- Pope Pius IX. -- Sims Reeves. -- Prince of Wales. -- Louis Agassiz. -- Victor Emmanuel II. -- And others. (Album covers worn, with surface loss, some staining on inside covers. Images overall good with occasional toning, soiling.)

6 x 9 in. album containing 100 CDVs of men, women, and children from Scotland. Photographers/studios represented include Stuart (Glasgow), J. Valentine (Dundee), Douglas (Glasgow), Campbell (Ayr), and others. Some subjects are identified in pencil on the album page, and it appears that the album was compiled by a member of a Scottish family by the name of Mitchell, Patterson, or McGregor. Several charming portraits of families and children are enclosed, including examples showing children posed with dolls, animals, and other props. Some children are shown in Scottish traditional dress, including a pleated quilt, pouch, and knee-high socks. A view of a mother holding an infant in her lap, possibly sleeping or postmortem, is also included. (Album back cover fully separated from spine, heavy wear to extremities. Portion of album pages separated from spine. Images overall good with occasional toning and soiling.)

6 x 9 in. album containing 27 images, including 22 CDVs and 5 CDV-sized tintypes of men, women, and children from the United States and abroad. Most subjects are unidentified. Photographers/studios represented include Howell (New York), Brady (New York), Critcherson & Storer (Newport, RI), Julius Brill (New York), Neurdein (Paris), Pierre Petit (Paris), Milster (Berlin), and Mayer & Pierson (Paris). Images of note include standing portraits of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, a French watchmaker, magician and illusionist, and Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, 1st Duc de Malakoff. (Album covers worn, with surface loss, some staining on inside covers. Images overall good with occasional toning, soiling.)