Some
of the early views are hard to grade and have the strange white spotting
that seems to pervade early Italian views and those of photographers such
as Braun and Tairrez. Also they do not scan very well and are generally
much better than they appear on the screen. Most of the early views are
by Giorgio Sommer (G.S.), Sommer and Behles or Robert Rive. Rive's
views are much rarer than those of Sommer but we are fortunate to have
a good selection. Rive, much to the irritation of our Italian friends,
was English.
Realistic Travels. 'From Messina
over the once dreaded Straits between the Island of Sicily and adjacent
shores of Italy'.
Condition 10.
Order #1221.
Price $12.
Sommer. 'Panorama di Messina'.
Condition 7.
Order #1222.
Price $12.
'Naples'.
Condition 8.
Order #1223.
Price $15.
G. Sommer. 'Panorama da S.
Martino (Napoli)'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #1224.
Price $12.
Robert Rive's version from
an identical viewpoint. 'Vedua da S. Martino (Napoli)'. Different shipping
in harbor.
Condition 8.
Order #1225.
Price $12.
G. Sommer. Title unreadable
but this looks like Bay of Naples.
Condition 5.
Order #1226.
Price $5.
G. Sommer. Clearer version.
Condition 8.
Order #1227.
Price $12.
'Italie. Panorama de Naples
et le Vesuve'.
Condition. Long light scratch
across left image.
Order #1228.
Price $6.
Underwood. Birdseye view of
Naples and Vesuvius'. Descriptive text.
Condition 8.
Order #1229.
Price $10.
E. Tutte. Handwritten 'Vue
de Naples, Italie'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #1230.
Price $18.
Title unclear.
Condition. 8 apart from the
usual spotting.
Order #1231.
Price $10.
Condition. Prominent foxing
marks.
Order #1232.
Price $6.
R. Rive. '??Posilipo'. Note
on the back 'Naples in the distance and the Castle of S. Elmo on the far
??? hill'.
Condition 8.
Order #1233.
Price $15.
Sommer & Behles. 'Sorrento
da Capodimonte'.
Condition 9.
Order #1234.
Price $15.
Sommer. 'Castello Ischia'.
North end of Gulf of Naples.
Condition. Light foxing.
Order #1235.
Price $12.
Sommer. 'S. Lucia'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #1236.
Price $12.
Sommer. 'Strª del Molo
v. St Elmo, Napoli'.
Condition. Very light marks
in sky.
Order #1237.
Price $15.
Sommer. 'Sorrento, da capa
du monta, Napoli'.
Condition 8.
Order #1239.
Price $15.
Sommer. 'Marina, Palermo'.
More Palermo views below.
Condition 8.
Order #1240.
Price $15.
Sommer. 'Porto Mercantile,
Naples'.
Condition 7.
Order #1241.
Price $12.
Sommer. 'Arsenale e Vesuvio'.
Condition 8.
Order #1242.
Price $15.
Sommer. 'Strada del ????, Napoli'.
Condition 8.
Order #1243.
Price $12.
Sommer. 'Strada e fontana Medino,
Napoli'.
Condition. Slight stain, top
right corner.
Order #1244.
Price $15.
Sommer. 'Title faded out. 'Toledo
St, Naples' written on the back.
Condition 8/9.
Order #1245.
Price $15.
Condition 8/9.
Order #1246.
Price $12.
Early hand-tinted view bearing
London Stereoscopic Company blindstamp. 'No 54. Route du Campo Santo, Naples'.
Condition around 7/8 for age.
Order #1247.
Price $18.
'Naples, place royal et chateau
St. Elme'.
Condition 8.
Order #1249.
Price $12.
'Naples, jardin royal'.
Condition 9.
Order #1250.
Price $15.
Sommer & Behles. '?Riviera
di ?Phuaja Constantine'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #1251.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer 'No 272. Stra.
del Molo v St Elmo, Napoli'.
Condition 9.
Order #1252.
Price $15.
Sommer & Behles. Title
unreadable.
Condition 8 (some slight losses
at the back of the mount).
Order #1253.
Price $10.
Giorgio Sommer 'Palazzo reale,
Napoli'.
Condition. Slight overall
marks. Very clear.
Order #1254.
Price $12.
Robert Rive's version of the
same view.
Condition 9.
Order #1255.
Price $15.
Roberet Rive. 'Front of Royal
Palace and Bourbon statues, Naples'.
Condition 8.
Order #1256.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer 'Orlo botanico,
Palermo'.
Condition 8.
Order #1257.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer 'Atrio di S.
Martino, Napoli'. With monks.
Condition 8/9.
Order #1258.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer 'Largo palazzo
e S. Elmo, Napoli'.
Condition 9.
Order #1259.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. Naples, but
title unclear.
Condition 8.
Order #1260.
Price $15.
Fine Art Photographers' Publishing
Co. 'Grandoni di Chraja, Naples'. Short description.
Condition 8.
Order #1261.
Price $15.
'Naples, Cloitre S. Martin'.
Condition 8.
Order #1262.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer 'Atrio di S.
Martin, Napoli'. Nuns on this one.
Condition 8.
Order #1263.
Price $15.
'Cloister, Ste Martin'. Priests
on this one.
Condition 9.
Order #1264.
Price $12.
'Naples, Cloitre S. Martin'.
Condition 8.
Order #1265.
Price $12.
Sommer. 'Church of St Martin,
Naples'.
Condition 8.
Order #1266.
Price $15.
'862. Interieur de la remarquable
Eglise de la Chartreuse, Saint-Martino (Naples)'.
Condition 9.
Order #1267.
Price $12.
'Naples. Eglise S. Martin'.
Condition 9 (very slight ink
mark edge of left image).
Order #1268.
Price $12.
Sommer. 'Interno di San Severo
(Napoli)'.
Condition 8.
Order #1269.
Price $15.
Sommer. 'Tea?? S. Carlo'.
Condition 8.
Order #1270.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer 'Porta di Alfonso
d'Aragone, Napoli'.
Condition. Some small stains.
Order #1271.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Naples, Public
Gardens'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #1272.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Napoli'.
Condition. Ons soft corner.
Order #1273.
Price $15.
Universal Photo Art Co. 'A
Neopolitan beggar, Naples'.
Condition 8.
Order #1274.
Price $15.
Universal Photo Art Co. 'The
goats' milk-maid, Naples'.
Condition 8.
Order #1275.
Price $15.
Universal Photo Art Co. 'Characteristic
street scene, Naples'.
Condition 8.
Order #1276.
Price $15.
Sommer. 'Chiesa St Gregorio,
Messina'. This is N.E. Sicily.
Condition 8.
Order #1277.
Price $15.
Sommer. 'Largo Castello dal
Castel nuovo'.
Condition 8.
Order #1278.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Anfiteatro'.
Condition. Split across right
image. Doesn't affect viewing.
Order #9902.
Price $5.
Robert Rive. 'Anfiteatro di
Capua'. This is 25 km north of Naples.
Condition 8.
Order #9903.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Anfiteatro di
Capua (esterno)'.
Condition. One slight spot
in sky on right image.
Order #9904.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Museo nazionale'.
Condition 7.
Order #9906.
Price $12.
Robert Rive. 'Palazzo reale
e ?eavalli di bronzo'. Note on back 'Bronze horses presented to the King
of Naples by H.M. The Emperor of Russia'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9907.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Sorrento'.
Condition 8.
Order #9908.
Price $12.
Underwood. 'Model, ruins of
Pompeii, National Museum, Naples'.
Condition 8.
Order #9909.
Price $12.
Robert Rive. 'Mercurio riposante.
Museo di Napoli'.
Condition. Much as produced.
Order #9913.
Price $8.
Sommer. '???. Museo di Napoli'.
Condition 8.
Order #9914.
Price $15.
'Chapelle S. Severo (Le Christ)'.
Condition 8.
Order #9915.
Price $12.
R. Rive. 'Aristide. Museo di
Napoli'.
Condition 9.
Order #9916.
Price $12.
R. Rive. 'Venere vineitrice'.
Condition. Couple of black
processing marks.
Order #9917.
Price $8.
R. Rive. 'Nereide'.
Condition. Loss and crease
to bottom of mount.
Order #9918.
Price $4.
R. Rive. Untitled.
Condition. Stain on right
image.
Order #9919.
Price $4.
R. Rive 'Balbo padre'.
Condition 5 (moderately faded
and grubby).
Order #9920.
Price $6.
'Naples, jardin royal, enlevement
Troserpi'.
Condition 9.
Order #9921.
Price $12.
Sommer & Behles. 'Casa
della gran fontana'.
Condition 9.
Order #9922.
Price $12.
Robert Rive's version. 'Fontana
di Mosaico'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9923.
Price $12.
Sommer. 'Piedigrotia'. This
is in the Chiaia Quarter of Naples.
Condition 9.
Order #9924.
Price $12.
J. Andrieu, Paris. 'Sorente,
prise de Capodimonte, pres Naples'.
Condition 4 (very grubby).
Order #9925.
Price $4.
Underwood 'Ruins of Herculaneum,
Old Naples, Italy'.
Condition 8 (slightly milky).
Order #9926.
Price $10.
Italian photographers seem unique in producing stereoviews of engravings or drawings. I think I have groped all these together.
'Descent of Vesuvius'. Stereoview
of an illustration.
Condition. Fly poo on left
image.
Order #9927.
Price $10.
'Mary going up Vesuvius'. Stereoview
of an illustration.
Condition. Fortunately the
fly has pooed on the edge of the mount.
Order #9928.
Price $10.
'Ascension du Vesuve'. Drawn
figures ascending the mountain, including a lady being carried up on
a chair.
Condition 9.
Order #9929.
Price $15.
'Distruzione della torre de
Greco, 8 Decembre 1861'. Stereoview of an illustration.
Condition 6/7.
Order #9930.
Price $8.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Piedigrotta,
Napoli'. Stereoview of an illustration.
Condition 7.
Order #9932.
Price $10.
'Interieur de la Grotte de
Pozzuoli'. Stereoview of an illustration.
Condition 9.
Order #9933.
Price $10.
Giorgio Sommer 'No 751. Calessa
di Resina, Napoli'. This seems to be a painting.
Condition 7.
Order #9935.
Price $10.
Sommer & Behles. 'Amfiteatro'.
Condition 8.
Order #9936.
Price $12.
Sommer & Behles. 'Amfiteatro'.
The solitary person in the center adds Je ne sais quoi.
Condition 9.
Order #9937.
Price $15.
Michele Amodio, Napoli. 'Pompei.
No 1637. Amphitheatre pour 20 mille spectateurs. ??foinelles 1813'.
Condition 7.
Order #9938.
Price $12.
Excelsior. 'The Forum of Pompeii,
and Vesuvius'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9939.
Price $12.
Robert Rive. 'Porta Ercolana'.
Condition 9.
Order #9940.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Corridoji del
teatro'.
Condition 8.
Order #9941.
Price $12.
Robert Rive. 'Foro civile'.
Condition. Slight scratch
in sky on right image.
Order #9942.
Price $12.
Robert Rive. 'Casa del poeta
tragico'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9943.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Panorama'.
Condition 8.
Order #9944.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Muline'.
Condition. Loss of corner
of mount. Some spotting.
Order #9945.
Price $5.
Robert Rive. 'Teatro tragico
(interno)'.
Condition 8.
Order #9946.
Price $15.
Realistic Travels. 'Stepping
stones in Stabia St. and wheel ruts worn in the lava pavement many centuries
ago. Pompeii'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9947.
Price $12.
Underwood. 'The old wheel tracks,
Street of Fortune, Pompeii'.
Condition 8.
Order #9948.
Price $10.
Excelsior. 'The old wheel tracks,
Street of Fortune'.
Condition 9.
Order #9949.
Price $12.
Realistic Travels. 'Inner Court
of the beautiful House of the Vettii, restored as in the days of its splendour,
Pompeii'.
Condition 8.
Order #9950.
Price $12.
Keystone. 'Beautiful home of
the Vettii (buried Aug. 24th, A.D. 79), Pompeii'. Descriptive text.
Condition 10.
Order #9951.
Price $12.
Robert Rive. 'Le tombe'.
Condition 8.
Order #9952.
Price $12.
Robert Rive. 'Casa di Meleagre'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9953.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Casa di Meleagre'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9954.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'I due teafri
da fuori'.
Condition 8.
Order #9955.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Mulini e Forno'.
Condition 8.
Order #9956.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Casa dei principi
Russi'.
Condition 8.
Order #9957.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Foro triangulolare'.
This is the Hellenistic Gymnasium.
Condition. Light marks in
sky.
Order #9958.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Foro civile'.
Condition 7.
Order #9959.
Price $8.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Teairo comico'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9960.
Price $15.
Robert Rive. 'Strada delle
tombe'.
Condition. Slight marks at
the top.
Order #9961.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Quatiere de
soldati'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9962.
Price $15.
Sommer and Behles. 'Tempio
di Venere'.
Condition 8.
Order #9963.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Tempio di
Venere'.
Condition 8.
Order #9964.
Price $15.
Sommer and Behles. 'Casa delle
fontanelle (Pompeii)'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #9965.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Panorama del
foro civile'.
Condition 8.
Order #9966.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Casa di Meleagro'.
Condition 8.
Order #9967.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Foro civile'.
Condition 8.
Order #9968.
Price $15.
Sommer & Behles. 'Panorama
di Pompeii'.
Condition 8.
Order #9969.
Price $15.
Sommer & Behles. 'Strada
di Mercurio'.
Condition. Some slight stains.
Order #9970.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Tombe'.
Condition. Light marks in
sky area.
Order #9971.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Casa del Poela'.
Condition 8.
Order #9972.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Strada de
tombe'.
Condition 8.
Order #9973.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Casa della
Suonatrice'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #9974.
Price $12.
Underwood. 'The Inner Court,
home of Marcus Lucrezio, buried 1800 years ago, Pompeii'.
Condition 9.
Order #9975.
Price $12.
Underwood. 'The Forum of Pompeii
and Vesuvius (NW)'. Descriptive text. Couple of people on this version.
Condition 9/10.
Order #9976.
Price $12.
'Colonnade du Forum civile'.
Condition 8.
Order #9977.
Price $15.
Graves, Philadelphia. The Art
Nouveau (Platino) Stereograph. 'Pompeii. The street of the gladiators'.
Condition 8.
Order #9978.
Price $12.
'Pompeii. Fontaine abondance
et rue abondance'.
Condition. Various creases
not visible when viewing.
Order #9979.
Price $8.
'Pompei, rue Stabienne'.
Condition 7 (light foxing
in sky).
Order #9980.
Price $12.
'Pompeii, Sanciania'.
Dated 1866.
Condition 7/8.
Order #9981.
Price $12.
Sommer & Behles. 'Tempio
di ??????'.
Condition. Very slight surface
split at top of right image.
Order #9982.
Price $12.
'Villa de Diomede'.
Condition. Slight marks in
sky.
Order #9983.
Price $18.
Title unclear but see previous
view.
Condition. Some staining and
splitting of image at extreme top.
Order #9984.
Price $8.
'Pompeii'. Collotype.
Condition 9/10.
Order #11381.
Price $4.
'Pompei. Dernieres fauilles'.
Condition 7.
Order #11382.
Price $12.
'Pompei. Maison Cornelis ????'.
Condition. Damage at top.
Order #11383.
Price $5.
'Pompei. Maison ????'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11384.
Price $12.
'Pompei. Temple Mercurio'.
Condition. Stains at top.
Order #11385.
Price $6.
'Pompei. Maison ???? Lucretia'.
Condition 7.
Order #11386.
Price $12.
'Pompei. Panorama et vedure'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11387.
Price $12.
'Pompei. Forum'.
Condition 7.
Order #11388.
Price $8.
'Pompei. Basilica'.
Condition. Foxing at top.
Order #11389.
Price $12.
'Pompei. Rue et fontaine abondance'.
Condition. Couple of foxing
spots.
Order #11390.
Price $12.
'Pompeii: Veduta generale del
Foro'. Early 20th century view on thin photographic paper by Rotary of
London.
Condition 9.
Order #11391.
Price $2.
'Pompeii: Cortile nella casa
dei Velii II'. Early 20th century view on thin photographic paper by Rotary
of London.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11392.
Price $2.
'Pompei. Tombeau du Marin'.
Condition 8.
Order #11393.
Price $15.
'Sacrifice de ??higence, peinture,
Pompeii'.
Condition 8.
Order #11395.
Price $15.
'Peinture de Pompeii'.
Condition 8.
Order #11396.
Price $18.
Underwood. 'Surgical instruments
found in a physician's home, Pompeii'.
Condition 8.
Order #11397.
Price $15.
Keystone. 'Ruins of Herculaneum
(W.), uncovered after 17 centuries burial'.
Condition 10.
Order #11398.
Price $12.
Sommer & Behles. 'Eurizone
del Vesuvius ?? (Napoli)'. This is the eruption of 1861.
Condition 8.
Order #11399.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Eurizone del
Vesuvius, 1861'. Note on the back states 'I was an eyewitness to this in
1861'.
Condition 8.
Order #11400.
Price $15.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Lage d'Vesuvio'.
Condition. Light marks.
Order #11401.
Price $12.
Keystone. 'On the road to Vesuvius
(east)'.
Condition 10.
Order #11402.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer 'No 771. Vesuvio.
Ferrovia funioolare'.
Condition 7 (slight damage
to mount).
Order #11403.
Price $12.
Giorgio Sommer. 'Lava del Vesuvio'.
Condition 8.
Order #11404.
Price $12.
Realistic Travels. 'The egg
or inner cone built up by Vesuvius ....... from brim of the outer crater'.
Condition. Some processing
creases.
Order #11405.
Price $12.
Realistic Travels. 'Looking
into the mouth of the yawning crater of Vesuvius, 800 feet down to the
seething inner cone'.
Condition 9.
Order #11406.
Price $15.
Realistic Travels. 'Tourists
playing with liquid rock which wells out upon the crust of lava in the
crater of Vesuvius'.
Condition 9.
Order #11407.
Price $15.
Keystone. 'Looking into the
awful crater of Vesuvius'.
Condition 10.
Order #11408.
Price $8.
'836. Lave et Cratere de l'ancien
Vesuve (Naples)'.
Condition 8.
Order #11409.
Price $12.
Keystone. 'In the wilderness
of lava, base of Vesuvius'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #11410.
Price $12.
Realistic Travels. 'The egg
or inner cone built up by Vesuvius'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11411.
Price $8.
Realistic Travels. 'The mass
of rope-like coils of sulphur ejected from the inner crater of the mighty
Vesuvius'.
Condition 7.
Order #11412.
Price $8.
Realistic Travels. 'Crossing
the lava field in the crater of Vesuvius, the guide assists tourists over
the hugh fissures'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11413.
Price $12.
Realistic Travels. 'Looking
down into the lake of boiling lava and burning sulphur in crater of "Little
Vesuvius"'.
Condition 10.
Order #11414.
Price $15.
Realistic Travels. 'Edge of
a devouring lava-flow that submerged this valley under rock and ashes to
a depth of 30 feet'.
Condition 9.
Order #11415.
Price $12.
'Roman amphitheatre of Augus(damage)
with part of modern Syracuse beyond at S.E.'.
Condition. Slight damage to
title.
Order #11416.
Price $12.
The rest by Underwood
'Street of stairs and houses
of an old Roman town ruined centuries ago. Soluntum'.
Condition 9 except for white
stain on mount.
Order #11417.
Price $15.
'Theatre on a lonely mountain,
where Greek plays were given centuries ago, Segesta'.
Condition 8.
Order #11418.
Price $15.
'Majestic ruins of Greek temples
to hercules and Apollo (from the south), Selinunte'.
Condition 8.
Order #11419.
Price $12.
'Among fallen pillars of one
of the largest Greek temples known (Apollo, Selinunte)'.
Condition 8.
Order #11420.
Price $15.
'The Church of S. Giovanni
(N), built 1182 above crypt where St Paul once preached, Syracuse'.
Condition 8.
Order #11421.
Price $12.
'Underground Chapel of St Marcian,
SE, where St Paul preached to people of Syracuse'.
Condition 8.
Order #11422.
Price $12.
'Looking from Fort Euryalos
E along ruined wall of Dionysos to the sea, Syracuse'.
Condition. Not sure if the
yellowing is original. Certainly doesn't detract from viewing.
Order #11423.
Price $12.
'Looking SE from Euryales Fort
to Syracuse and harbor where Athenians were defeated'.
Condition 8.
Order #11424.
Price $12.
'Picking lemons in a grove
on the Conca d'Oro (Golden Shell), outside Palermo, Sicily'. Descriptive
text.
Condition 9.
Order #11425.
Price $15.
'Goats milked while you wait
- in a crowded market place in old Palermo, Sicily'.
Condition 9.
Order #11426.
Price $15.
'Palace chapel of the old Norman
kings - magnificent with coloured mosaics, Palermo, Sicily'.
Condition 9.
Order #11427.
Price $12.
'Greek theatre of 5th century
B.C., with modern Syracuse and harbour at southeast - Sicily'.
Condition 10.
Order #11428.
Price $15.
'Latomia de' Cappuccini S.S.W.,
where 7000 Athenians suffered in 414 B.C., Syracuse, Sicily'.
Condition 9.
Order #11430.
Price $15.
'Palermo, the beautiful N.
from S. Maria di Gesu to Monte Pellegrino and the sea, Sicily'.
Condition 10.
Order #11433.
Price $12.
'Benadictine cloisters of seven
centuries ago, world-famous for their beauty, Monreale, Sicily'.
Condition 9.
Order #11434.
Price $12.
'Picturesque mountain shore
of Sicily, north from ancient Soluntum to Cape Zaffarano'.
Condition 10.
Order #11435.
Price $12.
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