KERIM, Abdul [photographer]. Camera Studies in Iraq [cover title]. [Berlin, Rotophot A.G.] for Hasso Brothers in Baghdad, [n.d., c. 1923].
Oblong folio. Original patterned paper on boards, cord ties to spine, lettered in gilt to upper cover; 50 phototype plates in sepia with 73 images, each image with descriptive English text beneath; slightest of wear to extremities, edges of the plates occasionally a little browned, else very good.
First edition. This volume shows images of Basrah, Baghdad (including an aerial shot by the RAF), Mosul and elsewhere. It contains particularly fine examples of street scenes in these cities, along with images of the Kadimain Mosque and other features. A number of the images show some of the peoples of Iraq, from date-sellers on the streets of Baghdad to Kurdish nobles and an intriguing photograph of Assyrian Mountaineers.
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