Felix Beato (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 80pp, b/w and color plates. Binding tight and sturdy, interior very good+, light shelfwear. NOT ex-lib. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Condition: Good. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The wraps are rubbed & bumped. 76 & [4] pages. Profusely illustrated in color and in black, white & sepia. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good. Among the contents of this issue are "The Arctic Voyage of William Bradford", "Views of Japan: Photographs by Felix Beato", and "The Peasant Miners of Morococha: Photographs by Sebastian Rodriguez".…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: Nuevo. La Leyenda de los Santos es la obra más conocida del Beato dominico Iácopo da Varazze. No sólo es la obra de la que más manuscritos de conservan, después de la Biblia, sino que fue objeto de incontables ediciones en su original latino y en diversas traducciones, porque era de obligada presencia en todas las Bibliotecas monacales, catedralicias, parroquiales. Este libro inspiró una parte importante de la iconograf¡a medieval y constituye un testigo insustituible de la espiritualidad y de la piedad cristianas entre los siglos XIII y XVI. Ofrecemos la trascripción ¡ntegra del único ejemplar conocido de la edición hecha en Sevilla en 1520 por el impresor Juan de Varela.…

A collection of 59 original album prints (c.21 x 28 cm.) in black & white except for one in colour, most titled and signed in the negative, each laid onto thicker card (27 x 35 cm.), the ensemble housed in a contemporary portfolio of blue pebbled cloth with red morocco title-label to upper cover ("Syrie-Égypte"), marbled endpapers, and original green ties. Additional manuscript captions in French to some prints. Some occasional light fading, one print with scattered spotting to card only, generally a wonderfully preserved collection of photographs handsomely presented in a contemporary portfolio. An impressive collection of albumen prints of the Middle East by Bonfils, Beato, and Langaki. The majority are of Egypt and include a selection of ancient Egyptian monuments and scenes from contemporary life. In addition there are photographs of Syria and Lebanon. The photos depict a wide variety of subjects, including exterior and interior views of Mosques, portraits, antiquities, views, etc. etc.…

[1867-1870]. Photograph album, large oblong folio (320 x 480 mm), original red morocco richly gilt (worn at corners and spine ends), upper board lettered in gilt 'Views in Japan, India, & China'; all edges gilt; moire pastedowns and endpapers; verso of front free-endpaper with the inscription of the original owner Frederick Woods, dated July 1871; containing [29] albumen prints by Felix Beato, in format 290 x 230 mm (or reverse), mounted recto of card leaves, the first 24 with Beato's detailed printed caption mounted facing, the remainder with a brief manuscript caption on the mount; the first five Beato images are all exquisitelyhand-coloured Japanese ethnic types in tableaux, the others are all topographical views in Japan; next is a sequence of [4] albumen prints by Samuel Bourne with topographical views in India, in approx. 230 x 290 mm format and all mounted recto with Woods' manuscript caption to the mount; these are followed by [6] large albumen prints with views in Hong Kong by William Pryor Floyd in approx. 190 x 270 mm format, again all mounted recto and with a manuscript caption to the mount; the final album leaf has an albumen print of the newly-renovated Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo, the south wing of which had recently been destroyed by fire; a few of the Beato views have fading at the edges, otherwise all of the prints in the album are in excellent condition and have good tonal range; the mounts are clean and free from foxing. An interesting album compiled at the start of the 1870s by a traveller to the Far East, Frederick Woods. The Japanese prints by Beato include several of his famous hand-coloured tableaux, such as "Les trois graces", "Kango bearers", "Mode of shampooing", and "The Belle of the period". The Beato views include Hakoni village and lake, Miyanoshita, the Tokaido, Yedo, Atsunghi, Burial ground of the Taikuns, Fujisawa, etc. The Hong Kong photographs are attributable to William Pryor Floyd, and include views of The Peak with the Botanical Garden in the middle ground, The Praya, the harbour, an intriguinganimated crowd scene on the "Grand Strand", and a view of Macau (incorrectly captioned). The Samuel Bourne views include sweeping view of Calcutta, a street scene in Delhi, Agra Fort, and the Taj Mahal.…

Egypt, 1898 (year on spine)s. in -folio album 46 x 39 cm, bound in claret coloured quarter morocco, marbled endpapers., Contains 56 cardboard-mounted original photographs. Size approx. 200 x 280 mm. 18 of the photographs are signed by Zangaki, 4 by Sébah, 5 by Legekian, 6 by Bonfils, 3 by Beato, 3 by Arnoux and 1 by Abdoullah. Most are numbered and with a title caption in the negative. Two unsigned pictures seem to be of a much earlier date. A complete list of the pictures, with photo number and title captions, in format Excell, can be had upon e-mail request (we don't send pictures, but of the outside of the album). The photographs don't show any fading or soiling. The album with the photographs is in near pristine state. Most of these albums were bound in the oblong format. An in-folio album in this size and this fine condition is very rare. We calculate an approx. price of 80 Euro per picture. The pictures show a variety of views : the Canal of Suez , with identified ships, Port Said, the piramides, the Sphinx, Abou Simbel, Alexandria, Karnak, crocodile hunting. A complete list of the pictures, with photo number and title captions, in format Excell, can be had upon e-mail request . The listed price is for the complete album.…