TOURIST SCRAPBOOK JAPAN, FLORIDA, ROME ITALY 19th CENTURY 1890s ALBUMEN PHOTOS

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This 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" scrap book photo album was made sometime in the late 1800s, circa 1890s. 61 images, most are albumen photographs. Below each image is a description of the photographers experience of place, a quote from a famous author, or a poem. The album begins with landmarks in Nikko, Japan, and then 11 photographs in and around St. Augustine, Florida. Images from Florida including a lighthouse on the harbor, the sea wall, and the oldest house on Charlott St., among others. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote of Florida (quoted in part here): "Florida, though resembling Italy in climate, is wholly different in the appearance of nature. The green tidiness of England here gives way to a wild and savage ruggedness of beauty. Every tree bursts forth into flowers, wild vines and creepers execute delirious gambels [sic], and weave and interweave in interminable labyrinths". This quote is written below a photo of palm trees and beside an image of deciduous trees covered in Spanish moss. Places pictured include: Rome, Pompeii, Tokyo, Durham (England), Granada, Spain, Venice, Verona, and Genova. Notable landmarks: Ponte Di Rialto The Pantheon of Florence The Basilica of San Zeno The Library of Abbotsford The curator of this album expounds their own thoughts on place, as well as takes quotes from famous thinkers and historic figures: Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Schiller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Ruskin and others. Here is also a portrait of Girolamo Savonarola ascetic and friar who was immolated for heresy and sedition against the church and Pope Alexander VI. Some images are hand tinted. Photographs exhibit a fair amount of fading due to age. The handwriting accompanying the images is uniform script. In good overall condition.

Seller Inventory # 1169

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• Title: TOURIST SCRAPBOOK JAPAN, FLORIDA, ROME ITALY 19th CENTURY 1890s ALBUMEN PHOTOS
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