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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Oblong octavo. Measures approximately 7" x 4½", with a lithographic imprint of the studio "Phot. Vasilieff" printed in green on the rear board. Original cobalt blue beveled boards, gilt titles, with 18 original mounted photographs bound in an accordion fold. A bright, near fine copy. Each photograph with a Cyrillic caption printed in red and lightly annotated in ink by a contemporary hand with an English translation. Issued as a keepsake in Samara, Russia, a city situated at the confluence of the Volga and Samara rivers. The Samara's long and beautiful embankment and surrounding mountains have been celebrated for centuries. Included in this album from the late 1880s are many views of fishermen along the embankment, Alexander Bridge, the ancient mound "Kurgan Hill," and various prominent mountains. A handsome, well-preserved album of photographs from pre-Soviet Russia.