[[Photography]. [Americana]. [LAURENT, Charles (possessor ?) - Lot 252

[[Photography]. [Americana]. [LAURENT, Charles (possessor ?)]. Album of photographs. [v. 1860?]. Oblong folio (23 x 31 cm.), [43] f., 19th c. brown percaline, four-ribbed spine, Charles Laurent stamped on spine, gilt title in center of upper board, red edges (binding rubbed, a few loose leaves or images cut out, some prints faded). Set of approx. 70 small- and medium-format albumen prints mounted on cardboard sheets, taken around 1860. Included are South American-style churches, views of buildings and rural scenes; numerous portraits of sailors aboard sailing ships, scenes of swimming in the jungle or in waterfalls. Two prints (exposed) show icebergs. At the end of the volume, seven cyanotypes illustrate a later trip to Southeast Asia.