Lot 97: PETER, KARL.

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF THE CAUCASUS AND ARMENIA, 1903, TOGETHER WITH A PRINTED ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS (1909).
Oblong 8vo (200 x 295mm.), 176 photographs (82 x 82mm.), mounted on card, mostly 4 or 5 to a side recto only (2 loosely inserted), nearly all captioned in German in ink on the mount, contemporary calf, upper cover with amateur hand-coloured vignette of a mountain view within a decorative border, slightly rubbed
[Ibid.] Reiseskizzen. Meissen: C.E. Klinkicht, [1909], first edition, 8vo, signed 'K. Peter' on upper wrapper, original printed wrappers, slightly chipped and discoloured

The photographs include views of the Crimea, the Black Sea coast, the Caucasus and Armenia and are accompanied with a rare printed pamphlet of his travels.