Germany, Imperial. A Large Leatherbound Photo Collection of Hamburg, by Photographer Wilhelm Dreesen, c.1900

A thirty-nine page photo album, the title page reads “DIE FREIE HANSESTADT HAMBURG UND IHRE UMGEBUNG nach photographischen Aufnahmen von Hof-Photograph Wilhelm Dreesen in Flensburg 37 blatt mit 126 Bildern in Lichtdruck und Titelzeichnung von H. de Bruycker Hamburg VERLAG VON OTTO MEISSNER” (THE FREE HANSESTADT HAMBURG AND ITS ENVIRONMENT after photographs by court photographer Wilhelm Dreesen in Flensburg 37 sheets with 126 pictures in light print and title drawing by H. de Bruycker Hamburg PUBLISHED BY OTTO MEISSNER), the second page bears the table of contents entitled “Verzeichnis der Bilder” (Directory of Pictures), missing the first page of pictures, the photographs depict different areas, buildings and infrastructure of the city of Hamburg, the reverse of the pages are lined with paper to avoid contact with the photographs on the succeeding page, within a brown smooth leather embossed case, the exterior obverse is embossed in gilt letters “DIE FREIE UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG UND IHRE UMGEBUNG” (THE FREE AND HANSESTADT HAMBURG AND ITS ENVIRONMENT), below is a circular image of the city with swans in the water, buildings and a bridge, encompassed by an ornate frame with the Hamburg coat of arms at the top in gilt and red paint, the bottom of the frame is covered by an anchor and a paddle crossed, superimposed over netting, reeds, typha and other foliage, below the centre image is a gilt and paint crowned coat of arms with gilt oak leaf branches on the left and right sides, the exterior reverse is plain, the interior is constructed of ornate coloured paper patterned with a sailing ship with a large sail, with sun rays beaming down encompassed by a border with flowers and two eagles perched eagles looking down over the ship, the interior right bears three flaps of the same ornate coloured paper as a means of holding the pages in the album, the interior back bears an article from the Hamsburg Correspondent reading “Sonder Abdruck aus dem "Hamburg Correspondenten" Mergen-Ausgabe vom 2 october 194 Neue Bilder aus Hamburg”, measuring 370 mm (w) x 517 mm (h), very fine.

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