Description:
This elegant three volume in a slipcase set comes with a canvas carrying case. The volumes and the dustjackets are in excellent condition. The slipcase has a small damage and the canvas bag shows its age. This interesting set contains a wealth of fascinating photographs and is a beautiful presentation item, an impressive gift or a delight to keep for your own pleasure.Born in 1852 in Kalucz, a town on the eastern border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Max Fruchtermann came to Istanbul in 1867 and two years later opened a picture framing shop in the city. Having decided to have the first Ottoman Postcard Series printed at Breslau in 1895, he ensured through his cards, which number in the millions, that the name "Turkey and the multifarious images associated with it" spread throughout the entire world from Canada to New Zeland.
In 1966 when Fruchtermann's daughter-in-law Anna, before closing down the establishment, sold her remaining stock (subsequently realized to number around 600,000) to a… Read More
