Louis de CLERCQ (1836-1901) Voyage en Orient - Voyage en Espagne, 1859-1860

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Louis de CLERCQ (1836-1901) Voyage en Orient - Voyage en Espagne, 1859-1860 Set of 6 albums presented in 5 bound volumes. Red percaline boards and leather spines, title and gold fillet. Lithographed title and date on album endpapers. 222 photographs, albumen prints from paper negatives, including 23 panoramas, mounted on publisher's cardboard. Each plate bears a lithographed numbering and caption. In the enclosed description, we assign a number to each plate, but the panoramas are not numbered. Lithography: H. Jannin - Printers: J. Blondeau et Antonin 1st album: Villes, Monuments et Vues Pittoresques de Syrie (49 prints, including 11 panoramas) 2nd album: Châteaux du Temps des Croisades en Syrie (37 prints including 5 panoramas) 3rd album: Views of Jerusalem and the Holy Places in Palestine (30 prints including 1 panorama) 4th album: Stations of the Painful Way in Jerusalem (14 prints) 5th album: Monuments et Sites Pittoresques de l'Egypte (41 prints including 1 panorama) 6th album: Cities, Monuments and Picturesque Views in Spain (51 prints, including 5 panoramas) Print sizes: from 20 x 27 cm to 112 x 20 cm Album size: approx. 45 x 60 cm L. DE CLERCQ Voyage en Orient 1 Cities, Monuments and Picturesque Views of Syria Photographic collection by Louis de Clercq 1859-1860 First album 1 - Antioch (panorama) 2 - Antaki (Antioch) Remains of the ramparts 3 - Antaki (Antioch) Remains of the iron gate fortifications - Bab-el-hadid 4 - Antaki (Antioche) Ramparts and rocks adjacent to the iron gate of the ramparts 5 - Antaki (Antioch) Entrance to the Ouad-el-hadid iron gorge 6 - Antaki (Antioch) bab-Boulos, Porte de St Paul 7 - Souedieh (Seleucia) Orontes statue 8 - Takieh (panorama) 9 - Djiblet - Ruins of a Roman theater, interior 10 - Djiblet - Ruins of a Roman theater, exterior 11 - Tartous (Tortose) City gate 12 - Tartous (Tortose) Ancient church of Ne Dame 13 - Tripoli (panorama) 14 - Tripoli - Partial view (panorama) 15 - Tarablous (Tripoli) View of the Nahar Kadisha from the old Djisr-el-Atik bridge 16 - Tarablous (Tripoli) View of the Nahar Kadisha from the new Djisr-el-Djded bridge 17 - Tripoli - View from pont neuf (panorama) 18 - Tarablous (Tripoli) A door of the former St Jean church converted into a mosque 19 - Tarablous (Tripoli) A door of the former church of St. John converted into a mosque 20 - Tripoli (panorama) 21 - Tarablous (Tripoli marine) Bordj or Maugrebins tower 22 - Tarablous (Tripoli marine) Bordj or Maugrebins tower 23 - Djebaïl - View of the castle ruins 24 - Djebaïl - Phoenician foundations 25 - Beirut - Sea side (panorama) 26 - Beirut - Garden side (panorama) 27 - Beirut - Consulate General of France 28 - Beirut - House of the Sisters (panorama) 29 - Baalbeck (Heliopolis) General view of the ruins 30 - Baalbeck (Heliopolis) Remains of the Temple of Jupiter 31 - Baalbeck (Heliopolis) Interior of the Temple of Jupiter 32 - Baalbeck (Heliopolis) North exterior of the Temple of Jupiter 33 - Baalbeck (Heliopolis) Remains of the sun temple 34 - Baalbeck (Heliopolis) Hemicycle of the enclosure 35 - Baalbeck (Heliopolis) Mosque in ruins, built from the debris of ancient temples 36 - Baalbeck (Heliopolis) Large foundations of the Temple of the Sun 37 - Esch-Scham (Damascus) Courtyard of the French Consulate 38 - Esch-Scham (Damascus) Courtyard of the French Consulate 39 - Esch-Scham (Damascus) Jewish house Reina-farki 40 - Esch-Scham (Damascus) Divan of the Lisbona house 41- Esch-Scham (Damascus) Jewish house, interior of the Lisbona salon 42- Esch-Scham (Damascus) Christian house, Homsi 43 - Esch-Scham (Damascus)An interior view of the castle 44 - Akka (St Jean d'Acre) French battery 45 - Akka (St Jean d'Acre) (panorama) 46 - Kaifa (panorama) 47 - Mount Carmel - View of the convent 48 - Mount Carmel - Palace of Abdallah Pasha 49 - Nasrah (Nazareth) A view of Nazareth L. DE CLERCQ Journey to the Orient 2 Crusader castles in Syria Photographic collection by Louis de Clercq 1859-1860 Second album 1 - Kalatt - Tebnin (panorama) 2 - Kalatt - El-Athlit - Land side (panorama) 3 - Kalatt - El-Athlit - Sea side (panorama) 4 - Kalatt - El-Schekif (Beaufort) General view 5 - Kalatt - El-Schekif (Beaufort) Partial view of the south-western enclosure 6 - Kalatt - El-Schekif (Beaufort) Partial view of the south-west enclosure 7 - Kalatt - El-Markab (panorama) 8 - Kalatt - El-Markab (Marcat) General view of the walls (North-East) 9 - Kalatt - El-Markab (Marcat) Overview of the walls (West) 10 - Kalatt - El-Markab (Marcat) Large entrance door (West) 11 - Kalatt - El-Markab (Marcat) Interior entrance and kings' window (West) 12 - Kalatt - El-Markab (Marcat) Partial view of the walls (West) 13 - Kalatt - El-Markab (Marcat) Hall of the Knights 14 - Kalatt - El-Markab (Marcat) Large south corner tower 15 - Kalatt - El-Markab (Marcat) Old building