Magnificent Victorian album containing 25 early cabinet photographs (all album pages are filled) – second half of the 19th century. Impressive leather binding with gilt-decorated metal clasps for closure. Gilt-edged leaves.
Among the photographs are portraits of renowned figures: the father of the Hebrew Enlightenment movement Moses Mendelssohn, Queen Victoria, Sir Isaac Newton, Napoleon Bonaparte, the German philosopher Kant, the English poet William Shakespeare, U.S. President Benjamin Franklin, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and his family, leaders of French nobility and government, and more.
Album: 13×16 cm. Thickness: 6 cm. Leather binding with metal clasps for closure. Good condition.
