Ten Packets of Stereoscopic Photographs (Gelatine Prints Mounted on Card) of Birds and Birds' Nests, by A. Burdet, c.1914

Ten printed envelopes, each meant to contain 12 stereoscopic photographs of birds and birds" nests, 6 of them entitled "Les Oiseaux dans la Nature" and 4 "New Series of Song Birds ... by Prof. A. Burdet. of Holland".  In actuality, six of the ten envelopes contain 12 photographs; the "Oiseaux de Mer" contains 9 and also has the leaflet for the "Songbirds - Series D" photographs, the "Oiseaux de Proie" contains 11 photographs, the "Songbirds - Series D" contains 18, and the "Songbirds - Series A" contains 10. Each also contains a printed descriptive leaflet, those to the French series giving the dates of taking, generally 1908-13, also mentioning 1914; the leaflet for "Songbirds - Series D" was found in the "Oiseaux de Mer" envelope. The photographs are very good black and white gelatine prints mounted on thin card. Adolphe Burdet (1860-1940) was a Swiss-born Dutch bird photographer, starting in the 1900s with stereoscopic photographs and pioneering moving film from 1914. Originally with a group of much older stereoscopic photographs now catalogued individually.