Africa and the Middle East, 125 postcards

Most late 19th to early 20th cent. Many ethnographic postcards featuring native peoples in traditional dress, also incl. many topographical and street views. Incl. views of/ photos of people from a.o.: Biskra, Tlemcen and Algiers, Algeria; Port Saïd and Cairo, Egypt; Amarah, Iraq; Durban, South Africa; Sierra Leone; Tunis, Tunisia; Tangiers and Fez, Morocco; Syria; The Congo; and Bethlehem, Palestine. Also incl. 3 postcard booklets, photo cards and one stereogram of Jaffa, Palestine. Postcards w. photos/ images by a.o. Photos Venus, J. Geiser, S. Arzt, Perera, Charles Albert, Behar et Fils, Ververis, Lehnert and Landrock, Levy et Fils and E. Thill.

Both (hand)col. and b/w, most uncirculated (some still w. handwritten note verso, without postage stamp). A fabulous collection of postcards. (total approx. 125)