Adolph Braun
Adolph
Braun of Dornach was one of Europe's most prolific publishers. He made
most of the Anthony European views and was active between 1856 and the
early 1870s. He produced an excellent series of the Grindenwald ice caves
some of which are offered here. His views of glaciers and mountain-climbing
are described by Darrah as 'exceptional'. Many of these have first-owner
notes on the back and quite a few are dated either 1861 or 1862.
Braun
views seem to fall into two distinct periods. Earlier views are often quite
crudely trimmed; his finishing left something to be desired at times and
fading is also a problem on some. Many also have a strange white spotting
which nobody seems to have a good explanation for. I have graded
them down slightly when unsure. Differences may be down to using a new
scanner on some. The old scanner tended to make the views dark. The new
scans are also a slightly different size but the views, of course, are
the same size. The new scanner also tends to trim edges a bit. All views
are NOT trimmed unless mentioned otherwise.
There some views at the end on yellow mounts which are entirely different and combine high quality with imaginative camera work - indeed bearing comparison with the work of William England. No processing complaints either.
We have decided to keep most of Braun's work in one group so these views stray into Germany and, possibly, Italy.
Please
ensure that you use the order number not the view number when ordering.
I
have put them is some kind of numbering sequence although they might not
all be from the same series. Size differences are due to scanner settings.
156. Untitled.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3311.
Price $22.
451. Lucerne et le Mont Vitale.
Condition . Slight foxing.
Order #3312.
Price $12.
512. Oberland Bernois. Grindelwald.
Glacier inférieur.
Condition . Tiny mark at top
of left image.
Order #3313.
Price $12.
535. Oberland Bernois. Le Staubbach
à Lauterbrunnen
Condition . Slightly creased
at extreme top of left image.
Order #3314.
Price $10.
546. Chute de Giesbach.
Condition 7/8.
Order #3315.
Price $12.
572. Glacier de Grindelwald.
Condition 7.
Order #3316.
Price $10.
706. Goschenen.
Condition around 5.
Order #3318.
Price $6.
711. La Reuss a Amsteg.
Condition 7.
Order #3319.
Price $15.
728. Glacier inferieur de Grindelwald.
Man climbing on ladder.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3320.
Price $18.
732. Glacier superieur de Grindelwald.
Condition 7/8.
Order #3321.
Price $10.
746. Environs de Murren.
Condition 6 (light black spotting).
Order #3322.
Price $8.
749. Lauterbrunnen.
Condition 7.
Order #3323.
Price $12.
755. Environs de Zweilutschinen..
Condition 7/8.
Order #3324.
Price $10.
756. Zweilutschinen.
Condition 3 (fading).
Order #3325.
Price $3.
761. Vallee de Lauterbrunnen.
Condition 7.
Order #3326.
Price $12.
762. La Wengernalp.
Condition 6.
Order #3327.
Price $10.
772. Mont Blanc vu de la Vallee
de Servoz.
Condition 7.
Order #3328.
Price $10.
773. Chamounix.
Condition 7.
Order #3329.
Price $10.
781. Aguille du Dru.
Condition 8.
Order #3330.
Price $10.
916. Chateau de Heidelberg.
Condition 7/8.
Order #3331.
Price $15.
1025. Glacier de Bois.
Condition . About 'normal'
for a Braun glacier view.
Order #3332.
Price $12.
1038. Mer de Glace.
Condition 8.
Order #3333.
Price $10.
1077. Vue prise dans le vallee
du Valais.
Condition. A lot of Braun
'spotting'.
Order #3334.
Price $8.
1155. Thoune.
Condition. Mark in sky on
left image.
Order #3336.
Price $12.
1168. Grotte au Glacier de
Rosenlaui.
Condition 8.
Order #3338.
Price $12.
1174. Engelhorn.
Condition 7.
Order #3339.
Price $8.
1177. Chutes de Rosenlaui
Condition 8 (small spot of
wax on left image).
Order #3340.
Price $12.
1188. Le Finster Aarhorn.
Condition 7/8.
Order #3341.
Price $10.
1197. Glacier d'Oberaar.
Condition 7.
Order #3342.
Price $10.
1307. Petit ??? a Fribourg.
Condition 7/8.
Order #3344.
Price $15.
1842. Valée de Chamounix.
Détail au Glacier des Bois. Very clear.
Condition . Slight rust mark
at top.
Order #3345.
Price $15.
1894. Col de Voza.
Condition 7/8.
Order #3347.
Price $12.
1923. Courmayeur.
Condition 8.
Order #3348.
Price $12.
2640. Coblence et Ehrenbreitstein.
Vue prise de Pfaffendorf.
Condition, Very clear but
light foxing in sky.
Order #3350.
Price $15.
2935. Glarus, vue vers le Kleinthal.
Condition 9.
Order #3351.
Price $12.
2947. Ragaz, bains de Pfaefers.
Source des bains dans la gorge de la Tamina.
Condition 9.
Order #3352.
Price $18.
2949. Ragaz, bains de Pfaefers.
Gorge de la Tamina.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3353.
Price $15.
2954. Ragaz. Bains de Pfaefers.
Rocher percée dans la vallée de la Tamina.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3354.
Price $15.
2965. Ragaz, bains de Pfaefers.
La Wartenstein et Luziensteig.
Condition 7.
Order #3355.
Price $12.
3053. Lucerne. Panorama.
Condition . Slight rust mark
at top of left image.
Order #3356.
Price $15.
3054. Le Mont Rigi. Hôtel
Rigi-Staffel.
Condition . Slight rust mark
at top of right image.
Order #3357.
Price $12.
3060. Le Mont Righi. Hotel
Righi-Kaltbad.
Condition. Very light marks.
Order #3358.
Price $15.
3209. Lucerne et le Pont du
Bois.
Condition 7.
Order #3359.
Price $10.
The Lion of Lucerne. Although
unnumbered, this was subsequently issued as Nos 3223 and 5513 on white
mount and No 5752 on blue mount (see below).
Condition 7/8.
Order #3360.
Price $10.
3223. Lucerne. Le lion de Lucerne.
Condition 7.
Order #3361.
Price $8.
3266. Oberland Bernois. Mer
de Glace de Grindelwald.
Condition 7.
Order #3362.
Price $8.
3270. Oberland Bernois. Détail
de glace à la mer de glace de Grindelwald.
Condition 8.
Order #3363.
Price $10.
3285. Oberland Bernois. Grotte
de glace au glacier supérieur de Grindelwald.
Condition. Ignore the pinkish
color.
Order #3366.
Price $15.
3286. Vallee de Grindelwald,
vue prise du Glacier superieure.
Condition 8.
Order #3367.
Price $12.
3288. Detail de glace au Glacier
superieur de Grindelwald.
Condition. Braun overall spotting.
Order #3368.
Price $6.
3541. Canton de Grisons. Vallee
de Domleschg, la Via Mala et le Johannisberg.
Condition 8.
Order #3370.
Price $12.
3545. Canton des Grisons. Vallée
de Domleschg; deuxième pont de la Via Mala.
Condition. Soem rust marks
on mount.
Order #3371.
Price $8.
4230. Cologne. Interieur du
Dome.
Condition 8 (slight line across
top).
Order #3372.
Price $12.
4447. Heidelberg.
Condition 9/10.
Order #3373.
Price $18.
4525. Berne. Pont de Morat.
Condition 8..
Order #3374.
Price $12.
4547. Interlaken et la Jungfrau.
Condition 8.
Order #3375.
Price $12.
4657. Interlaken. Le Jungfrau.
Condition 8.
Order #3376.
Price $15.
4679. Panorama a Murren.
Condition 8.
Order #3377.
Price $18.
4690. Interlaken. Le Jungfrau.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3378.
Price $18.
5018. Chateau de Chillon. Lac
Leman.
Condition 8.
Order #3379.
Price $12.
5128. Einsiedeln. Interieure
de l'Eglise de Monastere.
Condition 8 but bottom left
corner of mount a bit bumped.
Order #3380.
Price $15.
5207. Les Quatre-Cantons. Vue
de Fluelen.
Condition 8.
Order #3381.
Price $15.
5344. Vallee de Lauterbrunnen.
Vue de la Jungfrau.
Condition 8.
Order #3382.
Price $15.
5394. Lucerne. Pension au Gutsch.
Condition 7 (light foxing
in sky).
Order #3383.
Price $12.
5440. Lucerne.
Condition 8.
Order #3384.
Price $18.
5513. Guess where!
Condition 7.
Order #3385.
Price $5.
5752. Guess where again!
Condition 9.
Order #3386.
Price $10.
8689 (possibly 3689). Interieure
de l'eglise de Lucerne.
Condition 9.
Order #3388.
Price $12.
Unnumbered. Panorama a ?Mirren.
Condition. Foxing mark, otherwise
7/8.
Order #3389.
Price $8.
Joseph Tairraz and E. Savioz
Joseph
Tairraz worked alone and later with his brother in the 1850s and 1860s
in Chamonix. He became partners with Savioz who eventually took over the
business. His work is good and similar to that of Braun.
F. Charnaux - a Geneva publisher
who published Savioz view under his own imprint before producing views
of his own. The first group are the early views and are probably by Savioz
and published by Charnaux.
47. Chamonix et Mont Blanc.
Condition 9.
Order #3390.
Price $12.
'No 200. Interlaken et la Jungfrau'.
Condition 8.
Order #3391.
Price $12.
200. Axenstrasse.
Condition 8.
Order #3392.
Price $12.
'No 410. Le Giessbach'.
Condition 8.
Order #3393.
Price $12.
573. Fluelen. Also numbered
304.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3394.
Price $8.
His
'Maison des trois rois (House of the three kings) appears on these later
views.
'No 83. Saint Maurice le Pont'.
Condition 7.
Order #3395.
Price $10.
'No 108. La Mer de Glace, vue
prise de Montenvert'.
Condition 6.
Order #3396.
Price $3.
'No 184. Pont de Grand Fey'.
Condition 8..
Order #3397.
Price $8.
'No 259. Lucerne, le Lion'.
Well, I never would have guessed!
Condition 7/8.
Order #3398.
Price $3.
'No 362. Le Trient Cascade
des Gorges'.
Condition 7 (light stain on
right image).
Order #3399.
Price $5.
'No 416. Passage des Echelles'.
No printed back on this view.
Condition 8.
Order #3400.
Price $12.
'No 465. Chemin de fer du Rigi,
et la Pilate'. Trying to work out if this is later tinted or not. On balance
probably not.
Condition. Sides roughly trimmed.
Order #3401.
Price $12.
'No 529. Chateau de Chillon
& la Dent du Midi'.
Condition 7.
Order #3402.
Price $12.
'No 530. Bex & la Dent
du Midi'.
Condition 4 (quite heavy stains
and marks).
Order #3403.
Price $3.
'No 691. Friboug et le Grand
Pont'.
Condition 8.
Order #3404.
Price $15.
'No 692. Friboug et le Pont
du Gotteron'.
Condition 8.
Order #3405.
Price $12.
102. Beau Rivage.
Condition. 9 but strange processing
spots again.
Order #3409.
Price $8.
128. Frienz. Vue prise de l'Eglise.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3410.
Price $12.
163. Panorama, vue prise de
Glion.
Condition 7.
Order #3411.
Price $8.
Probably Savioz. 200. Interkaken
et la Jungfrau.
Condition 9.
Order #3413.
Price $8.
A. Gabler, Interlaken
'No 161. Le Giessbach pres
Brienz'.
Condition 7.
Order #3414.
Price $6.
'1479. La Joungfrau (sic),
vue prise d'Interlaken'.
Condition 7 (light foxing
in sky).
Order #3415.
Price $10.
'1643. Chemin de Murren, Monch
& Jungfrau'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #3416.
Price $12.
'1988. Gorge de 'Aare (kleine
onge)'.
Condition. Black mark at bottom
of right image is a publisher's fault. Otherwise 8.
Order #3417.
Price $10.
'2048. Pilate'.
Condition. Grubby and mount
split thru center.
Order #3418.
Price $1.
'2272. Luzern und Pilatus'.
Condition. Very clear but
grubby and stained.
Order #3419.
Price $4.
'2538. Bern & Alpen'.
Condition. Mount split thru
center.
Order #3420.
Price $2.
'3173. ?Unspunnen Monch und
Jungfrau'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3421.
Price $15.
'3390. Grindelwald. Hotel Baer'.
Condition 7.
Order #3422.
Price $12.
'3671. Grindelwald. Oberer
Gletscher'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #3423.
Price $15.
'3670. Grindelwald. Ab???
Gletschan'.
Condition 8.
Order #3424.
Price $12.
Handwritten 'Giessbach'.
Condition 6.
Order #3425.
Price $8.
Ernest Lamy of Paris
1. Geneve. Vue prise des Hauteurs
St Jean.
Condition. Fades into background.
Order #3426.
Price $8.
'9. Vue prise de la Terrasse
de l'Ile-Belle (Lac Majeur)'.
Condition. Some glue creep
at left side.
Order #3427.
Price $10.
'30. Vue de Chamonix (Savoie)'.
Condition 7.
Order #3428.
Price $8.
'56. Vue du Wetterhorn a Grindelwald'.
Condition 6 with mark in sky
on right image.
Order #3429.
Price $5.
'57. Vue du Wetterhorn a Grindelwald'.
Condition 9.
Order #3430.
Price $15.
'60. La petite Scheidegg et
le Moench pres Grindelwald'.
Condition. Light but views
nicely.
Order #6261.
Price $8.
'61. La Jungfrau prise de la
Petite Scheidegg pres Grindelwald'.
Condition 6.
Order #6262.
Price $5.
'64. Le Glacier superieur a
Grindelwald'.
Condition 7.
Order #6263.
Price $8.
65. Petit lac et Glacier superieur
a Grindelwald.
Condition 8.
Order #6264.
Price $10.
'69. Eglise et Glacier inferieur
a Grindelwald'.
Condition 7.
Order #6265.
Price $6.
'72. Gorge et cascade de Rosenlaui'.
Condition 9.
Order #6266.
Price $12.
'78. Vue d'Interlaken er d'Unterseen
prise de Bleiki'.
Condition. Slight glue creep.
Order #6267.
Price $6.
'80. Vue d'Interlaken et de
la Jungfrau'.
Condition 8.
Order #6268.
Price $8.
'83. Interlaken et la Jungfrau,
vue prise du kiosque'.
Condition 7.
Order #6269.
Price $6.
'90. Panorama de Thoune prise
de Bellevue'.
Condition 8.
Order #6270.
Price $12.
'101. Vue de Berne prise de
la Schosshalden'.
Condition /9.
Order #6271.
Price $12.
'103. Le pont de la Nideck
a Berne'.
Condition 7.
Order #7272.
Price $8.
'107. Fribourg et le pont de
Gotteron'.
Condition. One light surface
mark on left image.
Order #6273.
Price $12.
'121. Chateau de Chillon (Lac
de Geneve)'.
Condition 8.
Order #6274.
Price $10.
'135. Vue prise du Bex'.
Condition 8.
Order #6275.
Price $12.
'176. Vue de Fluelen, Baie
de'Uri'.
Condition. Mount roughly trimmed
at edges and not sure about the originality of the tinting. Very nice effect
though.
Order #6276.
Price $6.
'177. Chute du Rhin et Chateau
de Lauffen pres Schaffhouse'.
Condition 7.
Order #6277.
Price $8.
'178. Chute du Rhin prise de
l'Hotel Bellevue a Neuhausen pres Schaffhouse'.
Condition. Strange wavy lines
that appear on many Lamy views. See the previous view for a less pronounced
effect.
Order #6278.
Price $8.
'179bis. Chute du Rhin
prise de Schweizernof a Neuhausen pres Schaffhouse'.
Condition. Chunk out of right
side of mount.
Order #6279.
Price $4.
'197. Vue de Fleulen, lac des
4 Cantons'.
Condition. Faded but views
quite well.
Order #6280.
Price $3.
'199. Vue prise au dessus de
la cinquieme chute de Giessbach (Lac de Brienz)'.
Condition 6/7.
Order #6281.
Price $4.
'212. Petit grotte naturelle'.
Condition 7.
Order #6282.
Price $2.
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