ALGERIA. Photo album. Circa 1868-1890. Approximately 300 sil - Lot 86

ALGERIA. Photo album. Circa 1868-1890. Approximately 300 silver-print photographs on 202 tab-mounted pages. EXCEPTIONAL PHOTO ALBUM by a military doctor attached to a Tirailleurs Regiment in Algeria, with mostly views of Algerian sites, to which are attached portraits of soldiers (individual or in groups), and portraits of personalities and natives. Views of Bône (Annaba), Collo, Constantine, with panoramic view of a bay on the Algerian coast, Philippeville (and squadron), Biskra, Roman remains of Timgad, Sidi Aïch, Akbou, Gorges du Chabet El Akra, Algiers, as well as several native camps or Douar, Berber villages, cork harvesting in the mountains, desert or oasis views. Includes 5 views of Marseille and 3 views of Lyon from Fourvière.