[Southeast Asia] Travel album of 83 photographs

taken/ collected during a journey from Marseille to Shanghai on the steamship Ernest Simons of the Messageries Maritimes de Marseille, from 29 September to 9 November 1901. Four photos signed Zangaki, 1 by Lai Afong, 8 photos by Lambert & Co. Albumen prints, most approx. 19.5 x 27.5 cm. Photos of a.o.: (1) Port Saïd, Egypt: "Rade", "Le port", "La rue du commerce" and "Dans le canal de Suez". (2) Aden, Yemen: "Vue génerale de la ville", "La ville", "Le marche aux chameaux" and "Les réservoirs". (3) Bombay, India: "La rade", "Victoria Station", "Dans la ville indigène" (3x), "Panorama près de Kimbala Hill" (2x), "Crémation", a.o. (4) Colombo, Sri Lanka: "Route vers Mount Lavinia", "Le bain public", "Moyen de locomotion" and 12 smaller photos and photos from the Colombo area and others of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). (7) Singapore: "Village Malais" (2x), "Types d'indigènes", "Orchard Road", "le quartier Chinois", "Magasin Chinois dans uns village Malais", a.o. (8) Saigon, Vietnam: "Aroyo se jetant dans la rivière de Saigon", "Cours du quai de la rue Catinat", "Le théatre", area of and river near Saigon (5x), a.o. (9) Hong Kong: "Panorama de la rade" (2x), "Joncques Chinoises", Riksha et caise à porteurs", a.o. All w. handwritten captions in French, some also titled in the negative. All mounted in hmorocco album (sl. worn). Obl. folio.

A fascinating collection of photographs with particularly striking street scenes.