QD-30.001: untitled ohne Titel

Note: "2 Bände Cliché-Bilder der BM-Buchhandl. I. 2. Wichtig - Beispiele der Clichés der BM-Buchhandlung im späten 19. Jh., 156 S., ca. 2000 Bilder." Handschriftliche Ergänzungen: "2 weitere Bände im Schrank Gang 4. Stock." und: "s. Auch Q-30.108, Q-30.109, Q-30.110 und für Kamerun: Q-30.99."; Note translation: Pictures of scenes from Ghana and Togo from the "Sample Book" of the Basel Mission Bookshop, a very large format collection of ca.2000 images which were available for Basel Mission publications at the end of the 19th century.; Note: Das sog. Clichébuch, QQ-30.001, wurde fotokopiert, zerschnitten und die Einzelbilder den verschiedenen Regionen zugeteilt (cf. QC-30.001, QD-30.001, QE-30.001, QQ-30.001 bis QQ-30.010) und verfilmt. - Der Zustand der Bilder wurde im einzelnen nicht bewertet, da das Papier zwar brüchig und somit das Album in schlechtem Zustand ist, während die Bilder allgemein gut erhalten sind. Die Fotokopien jedenfalls sind 1998 einwandfrei. - Zur Datierung: 1905 wurde als Enddatum gewählt, da dann das Rasterdruckverfahren definitiv eingeführt gewesen sein sollte (seit 20 Jahren auf dem Markt). Die Clichésammlung weist nur sehr wenige Rasterdrucke auf und besteht vor allem aus älteren Druckverfahren. Muss jedoch im Einzelfall überprüft werden, da viele Bilder sicher viel früher entstanden sind. (MS 06.1998).; Note translation: The pages of the "Sample Book" were photocopied, the individual images cut out, and then separated into collections relevant to the individual regions of Basel Mission activity (QA-30.001 China, QC-30.001 India, QD-30.001 Ghana, QE-30.001 Cameroon.) The remaining images were collected into files QQ-30.001 to QQ-30.010. The images were then filmed in this order. - The condition of the individual images was not noted. In the original Sample Book QQ-30.001 the paper has become brittle, but the print quality of the individual images is good. It was possible in 1998 to make photocopies with no loss of quality. NB the great bulk of the images are engravings, which lend themselves to being photocopied, and not half-tone plates. - Please note that "latest date" given for many pictures (1905) is conventional and very conservative. It is clear that some images were added to the Sample Bood as late as the 1890s. But we assume that by 1905 half-tone printing will have virtually have superceded the use of engravings, so that this year can be given as an absolute end-date. We can also assume that, broadly speaking, we have a collection of images as they were in use in the 1880s, but many will be older, and many will have been based on early photographs. The collection thus offers an interesting object for detailed study. (MS 06.1998, PJ 05.2001).