Rare set of photographs on the Falklands contained within original portfolio.

Gustav Schulz's photographs capture the Falkland Islands before it became populated. The images are arranged by subject matter, and are concerned with climate, commerce, government, landmarks, agriculture, geology, botany, and zoology.

Schulz was a German topographic and portrait photographer who ran a studio in Brighton. He went on a series of exploratory voyages in his life, the last of which was to the Falkland Islands in 1887, at a time when they were visited infrequently. It was on this last voyage that Schulz took the photographs that accompany the booklet he wrote about the islands.

No date, but bibliographic reference in booklet to the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, published in 1889. The University of Cambridge Library appears to be the only institution in the UK in possession of this book; they are listed on Library Hub as possessing an 1888 edition published in Leipzig by Julius Klinkhardt, as well as an 1894 edition published in London by C. Gross. Not in BL.

4to (275 x 230 mm); 20 photographic plates with descriptive bookplet as issued, double-page at centrefold slightly loose; original green cloth portfolio with ornate gilt design to cover and blind ornate design to rear, decorative lining paper, corners of pocket very slightly frayed, overall a near-fine copy; 23pp.