Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) - Pascal Sébah (1823-1886 )India, 1878-1881. Travel album by Maurice-Henri Blanchard de Farges. Cairo. Pyramids of Giza. Sphinx. Ceylon. Point of Galle. Pondicherry. Calcutta. The Meïdan. French Consulate. Palace of the Viceroy. Types. Water carrier. Cloth merchant. Musician. Eden Gardens pagoda. Muslim poultry merchant. Muslim butcher. Diamond Harbour. Oxcart. Viceroy's elephants in gala harness. Darjeeling. The great Himalayan range. Benares (Varanasi), the bank of the Ganges. The pagoda of Vishnu. The funeral ghat. Lucknow. Former British residence. Kanpur. Agra. The Fort. Taj Mahal. Fatehpur-Sikri. Muttra. Bindraban. The Maharaja's college. Palace of the wind. Goualior. Delhi. Bayadere dance. Street dancer and musicians. Oblong folio album, bound in green percaline, titled in gilt letters on the first cover, composed of 110 albumen prints, mounted on cardboard. Handwritten annotations and signature on the title page "Souvenirs d'un séjour de deux ans et demi et de diverses excursions dans l'Inde, 1878-81 - Blanchard de Farges". Some legends and credits of the photographers in the negatives and on the mounts. Size of the prints : from 11,5 x 6,5 to 23 x 30 cm Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) - Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) India, 1878-1881. Travel album by Maurice-Henri Blanchard de Farges. Cairo. Pyramids of Giza. Sphinx. Ceylon. Point of Galle. Pondicherry. Calcutta. The Meïdan. French Consulate. Palace of the Viceroy. Types. Water carrier. Cloth merchant. Musician. Eden Gardens pagoda. Muslim poultry merchant. Muslim butcher. Diamond Harbour. Ox cart. Elephants of the vice king in gala harness. Darjeeling. The great Himalayan range. Benares (Varanasi), the bank of the Ganges. The pagoda of Vishnu. The funeral ghat. Lucknow. Former British residence. Kanpur. Agra. The Fort. Taj Mahal. Fatehpur-Sikri. Muttra. Bindraban. The Maharaja's college. Palace of the wind. Goualior. Delhi. Bayaderes dance. Street dancer and her musicians. Oblong folio album, titled in gilt letters on the cover, composed of 110 albumen prints, mounted on cardboard. Handwritten annotations and signature on the title page "Souvenirs d'un séjour de deux ans et demi et de divers excursions dans l'Inde, 1878-81 - Blanchard de Farges". Some captions and photographer's credits in the negatives and on the mounts. Dimensions : from 11,5 x 6,5 to 23 x 30 cm