ABDULLAH FRERES, SMYRNE AND CONSTANTINOPLE, c.1875. Sixteen (16) Albumen Photos (26x20cm) of Smyrna (1) and Constantinople (15), each attached on period carton. All cartons linked consisting, the last part of the photo Album. All photos signed in negative. The Armenian brothers Abdulah Freres reached international fame as photographers of the late Ottoman empire. In 1863 they became the official Ottoman Court photographers. This collection of early photographs of Constantinople and Smyrna, probably of the 1870s include scarce captures of the cities.