RARE Antique Victorian 12.5" Carte de Visite Photo Album, Leather with Italy Pietra Dura, Firenze Betjenmann A rare museum piece from

A rare museum piece from my own collections

It's like a little trip to Provence

remain in exceptionally fine condition

I'll price as if it's just the one

Most used it as veneer over wood

RARE Antique Victorian 12.5" Carte de Visite Photo Album, Leather with Italy Pietra Dura, Firenze Betjenmann A rare museum piece fromYou have to imagine the Grand Tour traveler, experiencing Florence, Italy for the first time, and the invention of the first paper photographs, c. 1850s, along with the appeal of the marble mosaics "pietra dura", to have a sense of what kind of a treasure this souvenir they brought home must have truly been. The nearly pristine condition of it says it was a treasure. While I see no real evidence it was filled with photos (no torn paper sleeves) one is