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September 05, 2008: Siberia Expedition Albums to be Sold at Bloomsbury Auctions
"Bloomsbury Auctions New York is
delighted to present for sale an extraordinary five volume set of 19th century
photographic albums documenting the countries of the Amur, Eastern Siberia,
Western Siberia and the Urals. These albums, compiled between 1860-1866 by
Baron von Brandis, contain a collection of 371 rare and historically
significant salt and albumen prints. This is the only known set of these
albums outside of Russia."
