Turkey Photo Album
A beautiful vintage photo album by Othmar Pferschy, from Turkey circa 1930.
Turkish picture album, first, and probably the only, edition, from 1930s FOTOGRAFLA TURKIYE LA TURQUIE EN IMAGE TURKEY IN PICTURES DIE TURKEI IM BILD
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Binding: Cloth hardcover, large oblong quarto, silver stamped orange bolt bound cloth. The pictures are fastened using screws—this method of fastening enables extracting or adding images. The album is divided into six sections: ANKARA, ISTANBUL, TOWNSAND LANDSCAPE, ARCHEOLOGY AND ART, ECONOMY AND CONSTRUCTIVE WORK, MAN AND CIVILIZATION—text in Turkish, French, English, and German language.
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Published by: The General Direction of the Press, Ankara – Turkey.
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Printed: The Graphical Arts F. Bruckmann AG., Munich – Germany.
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Pp. /20/ introduction and explanation + /12/ 6 sheets which indicate sections + /154/ photogravure plates after black and white photographs by Othmar Pferschy.
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Dimensions: 34 x 25 cm.
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Condition: covers with smaller imperfections and wear – some faded stains, front cover very slightly warped, a few pages with small faded stains.
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