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Vintage Vues De Lyon Photograph Album 10x12in Sepia Albumen City Views France
Used
Pre-owned antique album with significant exterior wear from age and handling. Leather spine shows rubbing, cracking, and loss at the head and tail, and board corners are bumped with exposed board. Cover surfaces have scuffs and scratches. Interior pages display pronounced rippling from mounted photos along with scattered small brown spots and handling marks. Albumen prints show age toning and occasional light surface marks, but images remain legible. Binding is intact and pages shown remain attached; no slipcase or additional accessories are included.
Brand/Title: Vues De Lyon
Style: Leather-bound photograph album featuring sepia albumen prints of Lyon, France architecture and cityscapes
Type: Vintage 19th century topographical photograph album
Size: Large format photograph album (see item specifics for dimensions)
Material: Leather spine and corners, textured board covers, heavy paper pages with mounted albumen photographs
Details: Gilt spine title Vues De Lyon with decorative bands, pages each holding a single sepia albumen print mounted to cream paper, French handwritten captions in blue ink beneath the images including Gare Perrache, Place Bellecour - Fourvières, Place de Lyon - Rue de Lyon, Bourse, Le Rhone - Hôtel de Ville, La Saône - Hôtel de Ville, Place Sathonay, Pont Morand - Croix Rousse, Place Louis XVI - Place Morand, and a panoramic city view labeled LYON
Country of origin: France
Image color: Sepia albumen prints
Time period manufactured: 19th century (circa 1850-1899)
Keywords: antique photograph album, Lyon France views, 19th century albumen photography, architectural cityscapes, French travel souvenir, topographical photos
Height: 15.25 in, Width: 11.25 in, Depth: 0.75 in book shelf 9
