Schoenewerd (Zurich): Orell Füssli & Co.(1882). 23 x 29,5 (11,6 x 16,4 bzw. 16,4 x 11,6 cm. Image size). 24 plates based on drawings by J. Weber. Original brown emboss linen binding with a coat of arms. Gilt edges.

(The cover is scuffed and bumped. The plates are slightly stained.)

An album published by C. F. Bally, Switzerland’s first shoe factory, founded in 1851. The photographs depict, amongst other things, the production facilities, workers’ accommodation, the company premises and the Bally family’s residential buildings.