Photographer: Hermann Bobzin (1832-1881). Expedition to the Kerguelen Islands aboard the S.M.S. Gazelle. 1874. 64 albumen prints, mounted to card. Each between 11 x 13,5 cm and 11 x 15,5 cm (mounts between 15,3 x 15,5 cm and 23,6 x 30,3 cm). Each annotated in blue ink below the image on the mount. Presented in original grey canvas portfolio with leather spine, embossed ornamentation, and gilt-embossed title on the front cover: “Photographische Aufnahmen der Deutschen Expedition nach der Kerguelen Insel zur Beobachtung des Vorübergangs der Venus vor der Sonnenscheibe am 9. December 1874,” together with several maps and nautical charts.