Moving set of two large photographic albums - Lot 46

Moving set of two large photographic albums [House of Gramont] A moving set of two large photographic albums, revealing the intimacy of the family of Agénor, 11th Duke of Gramont (1851-1925). - the first, covering the period 1884-1912 with 45 tabs - the second, covering the period 1912-1923, with 41 tabs Two Italian-style folio volumes, full caramel calf, gilded arms of the House of Gramont on the first boards, early 20th-century bindings (35 x 56.5 cm). Includes portraits of members of the following families: Albufera, d'Amilly, Beauvau-Craon, Belugou, Bonneval, Boy Capel, Brigode, Broglie, Clermont-Tonnerre, Ephrussi, Erlanger, Espanet, Faucigny-Lucinge, Ganay, Ghika, Harcourt, Laborde, Laszlo, Malborough, Marmier, Menier, Monbrison, de Mun, Murat, Neuflize, Noailles, Radziwill, Rothschild, Sahmad Khan, Saint-Sauveur, Sassoon, Segonzac, Yturbe, etc. Among the places mentioned: Aigues-Mortes, Arles, Armainvilliers, Avignon, Bagatelle, Benerville, Bidache, Biarritz, Bordighera, Cambridge, Cannes, Champlatreux, Coucy, Deauville, Fontainebleau, Folembray, Les Beaux Montmajour, Nîmes, Saint Jean de Luz, Saint Omer, Salamanca, Valliere Singular photographs include: fine portraits of the Countess Greffulhe, née Caraman-Chimay, Boy Capel at Gizeh in 1911, the skiing season in St Moritz in 1912, the Persian Ball at the Comtesse de Chabrillan in 1912, Lepère biplane testing at Dayton in 1920, the King of Spain on a Domino winning the Gramont Cup in 1922, the King of Portugal at Bois Boudran, the painter Laszlo in Paris at the Gramonts' home in 1922, etc.