SPAIN - MOROCCO - JEAN LAURENT 1816-1886 - JOSEPH PORRAL (ac - Lot 202

SPAIN - MOROCCO - JEAN LAURENT 1816-1886 - JOSEPH PORRAL (act.1875-1885) "Recuerdos de España 1881", album featuring views of Spain by Jean Laurent and Morocco by Joseph Porral, ca.1880. Photographs. Album comprising 43 albumen prints, credited or monogrammed to the authors, some captioned in the negative below the image. Hardcover, boards with red and gilt fillets, 1st board titled and dated in gilt lettering, handsome lace trim around the edges of the inside covers. Cordoba: bridge, interior view of the mosque-cathedral, mihrab, pardon gate; Granada: Alhambra, entrance to the Hall of Ambassadors, Courtyard of the Lions, interior of the mosque, Divan rooms, peristyle, Arab vase; Seville: San Telmo palace, cathedral, silver tabernacle of the high altar, Alcazar: patio de Doncellas, gate and salon of the Moorish kings, interior of the Hall of Ambassadors; Toledo: Puerta del Sol, Santa Hermandad palace, interior view of Santa Maria La Blanca synagogue, silver tray by Cellini; Madrid: Royal Palace, statue of Philip IV, tomb of General Prim, reproductions of works by Raphael, Velazquez, Murillo, Barreras, Chaves; Morocco: Tangier: port, main door of the Great Mosque, market, gypsy prince, veiled woman, portrait of a boy. Images: 9 x 5.5 cm (4 prints) to approx. 33 x 25.5 cm (39 prints); album: 31.3 x 41.3 cm