Luigi Fiorillo (1847-1898)

An album of 55 albumen prints, image size 11.5 x8.4cm (smallest) to 19.5 x26.3cm (largest), pasted down onto album pages recto/verso, overall 24 x33.5cm; most numbered, captioned, and signed in the negative. Subjects include views of Alexandria after the bombing by the Royal Navy in 1882, such as ruins of the French Consulate; Okelle Sciorbagi; the Palace of the Count Zizinia; Maison Sursok; street views with ruins; Maison S. Zogheb; Attarin Mosque; and views of the defensive cannons over the harbour of Alexandria, among others. Housed in green Morocco leather boards, with brown leather spine and corners, and title label affixed on front cover.