Souvenir Of The Charterhouse Of Pavia Italy Album Of Photographs Ca1870 18 Plates

"Souvenir of the Charterhouse of Pavia". Album of 18 original photographs, in silver gelatin, bound. No mention of photographer or publisher. Circa 1860-1870? 18 plates, format 37.8 x 26.5 cm Original half-cloth album, paper boards with gold inscription on the upper board. The photographs have overall dimensions of 20.5 x 25.5 cm (slight variations) The Charterhouse of Pavia (located in the commune of Certosa di Pavia and giving it its Italian name) is a former monastery of Carthusian hermit monks. Located 8 km north of Pavia (Italy) and dating from the 14th century, it is the most important late Gothic monument in Italy. The Charterhouse occupied a special and original place on the edge of the Visconti Park to the north of the castle of Pavia, a park of which only a part remains today, the Vernavola park, to the north of Pavia, and which is no longer connected to either the castle or the Charterhouse.