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Lot of 4 Italy Stereoviews Rome Pisa Herculaneum London Stereoscopic Co 1800s — photo 1 of 9

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Lot of four 19th-century Italy stereoviews on card mounts, about 7 x 3.1 inches each: two London Stereoscopic Company albumen views of Rome and Pisa and two J.A. views of the Herculaneum ruins on blue-violet mounts. All show age, with foxing, staining, edge wear and one split mount as noted below.

• London Stereoscopic Company, 313 Oxford St. oval stamp, arched-top albumen view. Back caption "20. Arch of the Goldsmiths. Rome." with green retailer label: M. I. Franklin, Optician, 112 S. Fourth St. Philad'a. Heavy foxing, stain, faded.
• London Stereoscopic Co., 313 Oxford St. blindstamp: "136 Front View of the Dome. Pisa." with the same Franklin label. Mount split top to bottom down the middle.
• J.A. No. 1495, "Vue générale des ruines d'Herculanum," blue-violet mount. Edge wear.
• J.A. No. 14?5 (third digit unclear), "Colonnade et Maison d'Aristide à Herculanum," blue-violet mount. Heavy staining on the back.

The Arch of the Goldsmiths is the Arcus Argentariorum beside San Giorgio in Velabro. Old pencil numbers on the backs.