Courret Hermanos (Peruvian, active 1863-1873)

Courret Hermanos (Peruvian, active 1863-1873)

Album with Views of Peru and Portraits, c. 1868. Unsigned, cartes-de-visite with "Courret Hermanos Calle del Palacio, 71, Lima." printed on the mount. Album containing approximately 80 albumen prints and cartes-de-visite, up to 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (14.6 x19.7 cm) or reverse, mounted one- or four-per-page.

Condition: Wear to album covers along edges and corners, staining to album pages, foxing, split binding.

N.B. Album contains views in and around Lima and portraits of unknown sitters.
Estimate $1,200-1,800

There are numerous images of ruins, especially of the cathedral. Most of the portraits of of women. Album dimensions 12 x 9 1/2 x 2 in.

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