European nobility and military officers on the Polo field

[Polo]. Photograph album.

Probably Germany, ca. 1900.

126 prints mounted in album, two to a page. Ca. 17 x 12 cms each. 4to.

 4,500.00

Showing horses, riders and the audience at a Polo tournament at an unidentified, though apparently German, track. In the background, the names of several players (of Anglo-Saxon, German and even Hungarian background) are visible on the boards marked "Blau" and "Weiss": W. Sommerhoff, H. V. Scott, Capt. T. Melvill, Gildemeister, G. Heye, Graf A. Sigray, etc.

First quire detached, occasional slight fading, but well preserved altogether.