5 Photograph Albums from Japan, 1870-1900

1) Silk-covered album, 24 x 30 cm, with 16 panels for cartes-de-visite, with dedication in Kanji "We present this to Dr. Riess as a memorial July 1902 - Japanese friends and students", see Wikipedia in English, Japanese and German to Ludwig Riess 1821-1928, he was professor at the university of Tokyo 1887-1902 for history. The album is complete with 128 cards, all Japanese with Europeanized names, some with pencil notes of the profession and status of the subjects, several with autographs. A document of the intellectual elite of Japan. Album in new like condition, only the clasp is missing. (2/2) - 2) Album, 35 x 27 cm, wood covers with raised lacquered motif of Fujiyama, 9 hand-painted panels for varying formats, containing 2 cabinet cards from 1898 of the ambassador Kiyoura (?) and his wife in Tokyo, 2 cartes-de-visite from Berlin 1891 with handwritten greetings in Kanji, edge of cover dented, otherwise in good condition. (3/3) - 3) Deluxe album, 36 x 28 cm, with fine artistic lacquer motif of a ship on the high seas, containing 11 hand-painted panels with 45 photographs of Americans: "Presented to George Whitfield by his yachting friends in Japan 1890", edge of the cover dented. (3/3) - 4) Empty album, 35 x 27 cm, with loose covers, a carved bird scene on the front, with 9 hand-painted panels for postcard formats. (3-/-) - And: 5) Empty album, 35 x 27 cm, wood cover with lacquer work and inlay, 9 hand-painted panels for different formats, losses to lacquer work, cover loose. (4/4)

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)