[ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MIDDLE EAST (late 19th/early 20t - Lot 1

[ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MIDDLE EAST (late 19th/early 20th). Set of 10 in-4° cloth or half-bound family albums, comprising approx. 1,100 amateur photographs in all formats, including: French army 1898-1899; trip to Egypt with Count de Flers (1908-1909), Ottoman Empire (Smyrna, Uskub, Ephesus), Serbia, 1906-1913 (these Middle Eastern photos make up two-thirds of the total collection); Beirut, Aleppo in 1923, Damascus (archaeological mission), etc.; trip to the United States, Canada, Rome and Europe 1912-1914. travels in the USA, Canada, Rome and Europe 1912-1914; an album of approx. 97 half-format prints (approx. 13 x 18 cm.) of the Victory celebrations in Paris in 1919. Photographs in good condition, some prints a little yellowed. All photographs are precisely captioned in pencil and dated. This set comes from the Touraine descendants of Pierre CARLIER (1877-1923), former Consul General in Uskub (Skopje, Northern Macedonia), son of Louis CARLIER (1846-1921), a journalist close to the Saint-Simonian movement. Details on request. Set remains as original. Expert : Pierre DUCHEMIN