Characterum Fusorium et Officina Compactoris Librorum

Alternate Title:

[Typesetting and Bookbinding Workshop]

Date:

1882~

Description:

1 photograph; Albumen

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection; [Ganer]; 1993 April 30

Physical Description:

22 x 16.8 cm ( 8.75 x 6.75 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A group of men are in a workroom with a priest who is holding a book. More books are stacked on a table.; The album contains mounted photographs with captions in Italian and decorated borders. "Beatissimo Patri Leoni XIII Pontifici o.m. cuius mens cor vires in rem christianam orientis ut plurimum versantur solemniis saecularibus VII recurrentibus ab ortu faustissimo seraphici minorum patris album istud non dignum sane et absolutum conditionibus loci meliora haud exhibentibus franciscalis terrae s custodia humillime offert dicat" is printed on the second page of the album. "Desunt quatuor Scholae Elementares et Hospitium Sidonis" is printed on paper affixed inside the back cover. The image is numbered (12) on both the photograph and the matte.; Condition: Good but the matte is warped and has some mildew; The photograph dates to 1882 or earlier.

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)