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188036797Istanbul 1880. Oblong 8vo. 6 x 7 3/4 inches. 10 albumen photographs mounted on thick card and bound in concertina folds as issued length 70 inches. Occasional spotting. Publisher's red grained cloth upper cover tooled in gilt and lettered in French and Arabic.<br/> <br/>A smaller version probably published at the same time of "Panorama de Constantinople pris de la Tour de Galata."<br/> <br/>A photographic panorama offering a sweeping view of the city walls and seven towers the great mosques of Sultan Ahmed and Santa Sophia the 'Green Mosque' and Mosque of Oulon the Golden Horn tower of Galatea and the Bosphorus. unknown books
185572762Paris, Garnier Frères, 1855, in-4, demi-chagrin rouge d'époque. Dos à nerfs, caissons ornés de petits fers tortillons pointillés. Petits frottements aux coins., n pages. Complet en 125 chansons. Chacune est accompagnée de sa notice et de sa musique. Belle réalisation ornée de très nombreuses gravures sur acier encadrant élégamment les textes des chansons. Rousseurs sur cetaines pages n'affectant que très rarement les illustrations.
188036797Istanbul 1880. Oblong 8vo. 6 x 7 3/4 inches. 10 albumen photographs mounted on thick card and bound in concertina folds as issued length 70 inches. Occasional spotting. Publisher's red grained cloth upper cover tooled in gilt and lettered in French and Arabic.<br/> <br/> A smaller version probably published at the same time of "Panorama de Constantinople pris de la Tour de Galata."<br/> <br/> A photographic panorama offering a sweeping view of the city walls and seven towers the great Mosques of Sultan Ahmed and Santa Sophia the 'Green Mosque' and Mosque of Oulon the Golden Horn tower of Galatea and the Bosphorus. unknown
183914439Paris: Aimé André Libraire 1839. Sulla prima bianca trascrizione a penna di un pensiero pascolano datata 1895. Un poco schiarito il dorso ma pelle ben morbida e salda legatura buono stato di conservazione. Bella legatura della seconda metà dell'Ottocento firmata Thierry Sr De Petit-Simier in tutta pelle nocciola con ricchi fregi dorati dorso a 5 nervia centro piatto monogramma coronata e cartiglio con motto “Alpha et Omega†decori floreali taglio di testa dorato dentelle dorate e firma all’interno dei piatti sguardie in seta; in ottavo cm 24 x 15 pp 500 ritratto di Pascal all’antiporta. Sulla prima bianca trascrizione a penna di un pensiero pascolano datata 1895. Un poco schiarito il dorso ma pelle ben morbida e salda legatura buono stato di conservazione. Aimé André Libraire unknown
18747478Librairie des Bibliophiles 1874 1 Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, [impr. D. Jouaust], 1877. In-8: 14 x 23 cm, 2 ff. de faux-titre, titre, XIX-379-[1] pp. de texte et tables. (Vicaire, VI, 426). Edition bibliophile en tirage spécial limité à 130 exemplaires. Celui-ci, un des précieux 30 exemplaires sur Chine (no. 19). Reliure janséniste en maroquin rouge signée par les célèbres relieurs Chambolle-Duru. Dos à cinq nerfs avec titre en capitales dorées. Deux filets dorés aux coupes. En encadrement intérieur, large frise composée d'une dentelle végétale, des trois filets, d'un pointillé et enfin d'une complexe dentelle volutes serrées. Toutes tranches dorées. Gardes recouvertes de papier marbré. Dos légèrement insolé. Rares rousseurs. Bel exemplaire conservés dans sa sobre mais prestigieuse reliure signée.
18747477Paris Librairie des Bibliophiles 1874 1 Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, [impr. D. Jouaust], 1874. In-8: 14 x 23 cm, 3 ff. de faux-titre, front., titre, XXXVI+305-[1] pp. de texte et tables. Illustré, en frontispice, d'un portrait de Pascal gravé à l'eau-forte par Gaucherel. (Vicaire, VI, 424). Edition bibliophile en tirage spécial limité à 130 exemplaires. Celui-ci, un des précieux 30 exemplaires sur Chine (no. 17). Reliure janséniste en maroquin rouge signée par les célèbres relieurs Chambolle-Duru. Dos à cinq nerfs avec titre en capitales dorées. Deux fillets dorés aux coupes. En encadrement intérieur, large frise composée d'une dentelle végétale, des trois filets, d'un pointillé et enfin d'une complexe dentelle volutes serrées. Toutes tranches dorées. Gardes recouvertes de papier marbré. Dos légèrement insolé. Très bel exemplaire conservés dans sa sobre mais prestigieuse reliure signée.
1829024768Amherst MA: J. S. and C. Adams. First American Edition so stated of Pascal's famous "Les Pensees." Original full leather. Interesting Provenance: Inside the front cover are two very early bookplates one of Stephen N. Manning and one of the Granville Female College. On the Manning bookplate is W. Grant Spencer in pencil and Spencer's name is on the college bookplate as having presented the book to the college. Spencer's name in ink is on the front free endpaper too. Beneath the bookplates is Leo Heitel in ink. On the front free endpaper in addition to the Spencer name are Granville Female Acad. No. 315 and Smithsonian Society 1852 M126. Some scuffing of the leather covers and spine small edge tear and dampstain on front free endpaper leaving a faint mark on the following title page small corner chip on final blank internals otherwise nice Good Plus. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1829. J. S. and C. Adams hardcover
1845194441845 Paris, F. Prieur, J. Dumaine, sans date (1845), 6 tomes en 6 vol. in-8 de (4)-480 pp. ; (4)-492 pp. ; (4)-478-II pp., (4)-482 pp. ; (4)-475 pp. ; (4)- 400 pp. + (4)-97-(1) pp., (pour le 2e ouvrage relié à la fin du tome VI, publié chez J. Dumaine, Paris, 1843.), rel. demi-bas. bordeaux, dos lisses ornés de double-filets soulignés de pointillés dorés, bon ex.
1840P4520Paris: Lemercier c.1840. Very Good. Notes: A scarce and fine view of the caravanserail of Sultan Hussein in Isfahan during the mid 19th century. Image Size : 242x427 mm 9.53x16.81 Inches Platemark Size : 335x487 mm 13.19x19.17 Inches Paper Size : 427x568 mm 16.81x22.36 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Asia Middle East Iran; Lemercier unknown
1840P4522Paris: Lemercier c.1840. Very Good. Notes: A scarce and fine view of the College Medresseh Maderi-Chah of Sultan Hussein in Isfahan during the mid 19th century. Image Size : 300x430 mm 11.81x16.93 Inches Platemark Size : 388x516 mm 15.28x20.31 Inches Paper Size : 430x540 mm 16.93x21.26 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Asia Middle East Iran; Lemercier unknown
1880J3HGA8OYHYKWEgypt and elsewhere 1880. With 9 carte de visite albumen prints ca. 8.5 x 5.5 cm by Hammerschmidt and Van Lint two albumen prints 9.5 x 12.5 cm by Sébah mounted on paper one silver gelatin print 8.5 x 11.5 cm by Lehnert & Landrock and one silver gelatin print 27 x 21 cm by Schroeder & Cie in a passepartout. Collection of early photographs of North-Africa and the Middle East by several photographers who had worked in the region. The main part of this collection consists of carte de visite portraits by Wilhelm Hammerschmidt ca. 1830-1869 from the 1860s. Most of them show Egyptians including a porter carrying a large chest on his back and a blind man. Three outdoor photographs show a group of men one holding a pipe almost as long as himself a camel rider and two camels in profile. Two larger photographs by the firm of Pascal Sébah from Istanbul date from the 1870s or 1880s and show a caravan halting in the desert. Of later date is the single image by the photographic duo Lehnert & Landrock who worked in Tunis in 1904-1914. Their picture which was popularly used in picture postcards shows a small group overlooking an oasis near Tripoli. The largest and most artistic photograph is by the Swiss firm Schroeder & Cie and dates from the 1880s. This striking image shows the Mosque of Muhammad Ali in Cairo with the crumbling remains of a rock and wall acting as repoussoir and a figure at the front watching from the shade. A strange stowaway in this collection is a single carte de visite by the Italian photographer Enrico Van Lint 1829-1882 of "Galileo's Lamp" the bronze lamp which Vincenzo Possenti created after a drawing by Leon-Battista Alberti in 1587 for the Pisa Cathedral.With 4 of the cartes de visite labelled on the back and one stamped with a name; the paper of the Sebáh photograph with an inscription in English and the Schroeder with an inscription on the back. Some of the sheets or cards on which the photographs are mounted are somewhat tattered at the edges and the cartes de visite have probably been trimmed. Photograph by Lehnert & Landrock with a diagonal fold. All photographs are otherwise in very good condition. unknown
1826CLL-338Paris, Lefèvre, 1826 In-8 de (2) ff., 500 pp., maroquin citron, filets gras et maigres dorés d'encadrement avec grands fers d'angle à spirales et motifs floraux dorés et à froid, dos à nerfs plats orné d'une large roulette à froid, les entre-nerfs sont ornés de palettes et caissons avec motifs floraux dorés, coupes et bordures décorées, tranches dorées (Thouvenin).
1880ABC_47239Egypt 1880. Three edges gilt. 9 albumen prints approx. 340 x 260 mm each mounted on backing cardboard ca. 400 x 340 mm. A fine set of nine albumen images of Egyptian sights and views including Karnak ships on the Nile the Aswan cataract the Temple of Edfu murals at the Sanctuary at Karnak camel drivers on the Sinai etc. Pascal Sébah 1823-86 a leading photographer of the Middle East was renowned for his well-judged compositions and for the excellent print quality achieved by his technician A. Laroche. His studio founded in 1857 was continued under his brother Cosimo and his son Jean. A single image in this series is not by Sebah: a view of the island of Philae near the First Cataract of the Nile is signed "A. Beato" in a shaded portion of the image identifiying this as the work of Antonio Antoine Beato after 1832-1906 a British and Italian photographer noted for his genre works portraits views of the architecture and landscapes of Egypt and the other locations in the Mediterranean region.Slight fading; well preserved. unknown
18841295No place listed: No publisher listed 1884. Leather bound. Very good. PHOTO ALBUM. Folio; 64 cream-colored mat board leaves; three-quarters black pebbled-leather over dark green textured cloth gilt-stamped title to front board beveled edges; 5 raised band spine blind-stamped ornaments gilt-stamped date "1884"; all edges gilt; gray marbled endpapers; 161 albumen and collotype photographs mounted on cream-colored mat board some signed sizes vary from the smallest 3" x 4" to largest 7" x 9" although most are in a mid-range of about 3 ½" x 5"; laid in is a 10pp manuscript with photograph descriptions corresponding to the hand-numbered mat boards; five mat boards have been removed as evidenced by the skip in pagination from the small pencil numbering of pages in the upper right corner and from the owner's written listing of images; scuffing to boards a few finger smudges one photograph with a creased edge; very good. A large photography album of natural scenery street scenes buildings and bridges and works of art stretching from Vienna to London passing through Germany and Switzerland. <br /> <br /> Images can be attributed to: <br /> Pascal Amarante by his monogram; <br /> Albert Bonnier by his initial signature "AB;" <br /> Dresden photographer Rudolf Tamme using a blind-stamp oval in the lower right corner of the photograph "F&O Brockmann's Nachf. R.Tamme Dresden" or the Nachflagor or the successor to Brockmann; <br /> Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin Berlin Photographic Company with offices in Berlin London and New York using a blind-stamp;<br /> German photographer C. Hertel by his printed name; <br /> J. Patrick John or James by his printed name;<br /> Two Scottish photographers James Valentine by his initial signature "JV" and George Washington Wilson by his initial signature "GWW." Two unidentified photographers have signed their work "X Phot." and "Davis's Series.". No publisher listed unknown
189054541Constantinople: Sebah & Joaillier 1890. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Oblong small folio. 12 1/4 x 14 1/4". Red pebbled cloth boards with decorative gilt ruling tooling and lettering on the covers. Rebacked maroon leather spine. Gilt-stamped crescent moon and star motif the national emblem of Turkey on the back cover.<br /> <br /> Taken from the Galata Tower in what is now the Karaköy neighborhood of Istanbul this magnificent panorama displays the skyline and cityscape of Constantinople as it appeared sometime in the late 1880s or early 1890s. The panorama is comprised of 10 original albumen photographs mounted on heavy card stock and bound together in accordion style leporello measuring a total of more then 11 feet when completely unfolded. Shot in a southwardly direction the viewer can see Galata Karaköy in the foreground and from left to right across the Bosporus to the Uskudar district on the Asian side and then across the harbor at the mouth of the Golden Horn the Galata Bridge and across to the Pérama neighborhood and the Faith district where many famous landmarks of the city can be seen including the New Mosque Topkapi Palace Hagia Sophia and many others. Each panel measures about 13" wide and 12" tall.<br /> <br /> The photography is credited to "Sebah & Joaillier" one of the most prominent and prolific photography studios of Ottoman Empire during the second half of 19th century. Originally founded sometime around 1857 in Instanbul by Syrian-Armenian photographer Pascal Sebah 1823-1886 the studio was one of the earliest in the city and all of Ottoman Turkey. By the 1870s Sebah had become among the most prominent Ottoman photographers having also opened a branch of the studio in Cairo. Upon Sebah's death in 1888 the firm was taken over by his 16 year-old son Jean Pascal Sebah who then partnered with photographer Policarpe Joaillier 1848-1904. The firm was renamed "Sebah & Joaillier". Therefore although this panorama is undated it could not have been issued earlier than 1888; most likely sometime shortly thereafter circa 1890.<br /> <br /> Spine of of the portfolio has been professionally re-backed. Plates with minor to light foxing although the images are still quite clean and vibrant. Binding in very good images in very good- to very good condition overall. A slightly later version of the panorama from Sebah & Joaillier simply titled "Constantinople" is comprised of 12 slightly smaller panels instead of 10 and measures around the same size in total.<br /> <br /> Bibliographic refences: Jacobson Ken. Odalisques & Arabesques: Orientalist Photography 1939-1925. Quaritch 2007; Özendes Engin. "Photography in the Ottoman Empire"; Öztuncay Bahattin. The Photographers of Constantinople. Aygaz 2003. Sebah & Joaillier hardcover
1872409286Paris: Librarie de Firmin Didot 1872. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Light wear at extremities but in very good condition. 8vo. Text in French. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary brown half morocco top edges gilt; in a greyish-tan cloth slipcase. Matthew Arnold's copy with 51 penciled annotations – totaling 590 words – by him on 31 pages plus marginal markings and underlinings on these and numerous other pages. Some of the annotations are lengthy: 83 words in one case 48 in another; the annotations average 19 words. Bookplate of Kenneth A. Lohf. BA. Librarie de Firmin Didot unknown
1888ABC_47975Cairo 1888. 34 albumen prints ca. 22 x 27 cm mounted on cream cardstock ca. 28 x 35.5 cm. Remarkable collection of 34 stunning photographic prints of Egypt all numbered titled and signed in the negative by photographer Jean Pascal Sébah 1872-1947 who owned the leading studio for Orientalist photography. He was even named the official photographer of the Sultan of Turkey together with his business partner Polycarpe Joailllier 1848-1904. The majority of the images in the present collection show streets and buildings from lesser known Egyptian cities and scenes of daily life. Larger collections of Sébah's work are relatively rare on the market.Sébah continued the business of his father Pascal Sébah 1823-1886 one of the first photographers working in Egypt. Pascal rose to prominence because of his well-organized compositions careful lighting and quality of his prints. The majority of his photographs are of tourist destinations and locals. Jean Pascal inherited his father's good eye but was more interested in depicting lesser known locations. His photos of people also appear more spontaneous. The present collection includes photographs of El-Souroughieh street and the Khalig canal in Cairo the Virgin Mary's tree in Matariya a local with a buffalo a group of seated men in a mosque a sugarcane market locals working on a sugarcane field a group of boys fishing and the hustle and bustle along the Nile.With a small purple ownership stamp of an anchor in mirror image and the letters "S A" near the top edge of one of the photographs of the Nile. The cardstock is very slightly foxed and yellowed and has somewhat warped from past temperature fluctuations. The prints have somewhat yellowed around the edges but are otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Saretzky The history of photography online. unknown
1888ABC_47975Cairo 1888. 34 albumen prints ca. 22 x 27 cm mounted on cream cardstock ca. 28 x 35.5 cm. Remarkable collection of 34 stunning photographic prints of Egypt all numbered titled and signed in the negative by photographer Jean Pascal Sébah 1872-1947 who owned the leading studio for Orientalist photography. He was even named the official photographer of the Sultan of Turkey together with his business partner Polycarpe Joailllier 1848-1904. The majority of the images in the present collection show streets and buildings from lesser known Egyptian cities and scenes of daily life. Larger collections of Sébah's work are relatively rare on the market.Sébah continued the business of his father Pascal Sébah 1823-1886 one of the first photographers working in Egypt. Pascal rose to prominence because of his well-organized compositions careful lighting and quality of his prints. The majority of his photographs are of tourist destinations and locals. Jean Pascal inherited his father's good eye but was more interested in depicting lesser known locations. His photos of people also appear more spontaneous. The present collection includes photographs of El-Souroughieh street and the Khalig canal in Cairo the Virgin Mary's tree in Matariya a local with a buffalo a group of seated men in a mosque a sugarcane market locals working on a sugarcane field a group of boys fishing and the hustle and bustle along the Nile.With a small purple ownership stamp of an anchor in mirror image and the letters "S A" near the top edge of one of the photographs of the Nile. The cardstock is very slightly foxed and yellowed and has somewhat warped from past temperature fluctuations. The prints have somewhat yellowed around the edges but are otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Saretzky The history of photography online. unknown
1888167887Istanbul: Sébah & Joaillier c.1888. Remarkable photographic panorama of Istanbul A superb panoramic view of the city taken from the Galata Tower looking over the Bosporus towards the Asian side; across the Golden Horn can be seen the Topkapi Palace and the great mosques of the city Haghia Sophia the Blue Mosque the Yeni Mosque and the Süleymaniye. In 1857 Pascal Sébah opened one of the first photographic studios in Constantinople. Having met with great success in 1873 he expanded the business setting up a further establishment in Cairo near to the renowned Shepheard's Hotel. In 1883 he suffered a stroke and the business was taken over by his son Jean who styled himself J. Pascal Sebah so as not to break the continuity of the business and was to become a talented photographer in his own right. In 1888 he went into partnership with a French photographer resident in Istanbul Policarpe Joaillier the firm in time becoming official photographers of the Sultan. In various forms this business continued down to the middle of the 20th century when in 1952 its last incarnation Foto Sabah finally closed its doors. "From the 1870s Sébah and Joaillier were major suppliers of evocative imagery to the increasing number of people who undertook the Victorian Grand Tour" Hannavy p. 1261. Landscape folio 310 x 375 mm. With 10 albumen prints mounted on card panels and joined with linen tape leporello-style to form a panorama approximately 3.47 m over 11 feet in length card panels 3054 x 340 mm; photographic prints 247 x 340 mm. Original red sand-grain cloth over bevelled boards red roan backstrip title gilt to front cover within elaborate ornamental gilt panel and incorporating images of the Galata and Maiden's towers gilt stamp to back cover of the ay-y ld z star and crescent within a laurel wreath. Covers variably sunned old splash stain to head of front cover a few marks to back light foxing and marginal dust marking the images bright and clean. A very good example. John Hannavy ed. Encyclopaedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography Vol. I 2005; Engin Özendes From Sebah & Joaillier to Foto Sabah: Orientalism in Photography 2004. hardcover
1867ABC_474041867. Contemporary gold-tooled reddish-brown morocco over cushioned covers gold-tooled turn-ins watered-silk end papers gilt edges. Oblong folio ca. 28 x 38 cm. With 75 albumen prints most signed and numbered in the negative. Beautiful and unusually large souvenir album with 75 photographs of Syria Palestine Constantinople and Athens in a luxurious binding. The photographs were made by the renowned studios of Félix Bonfils 1831-1885 and Pascal Sébah 1823-1886 who were already widely celebrated in their own time for their pioneering work in Egypt the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. Their images could be bought separately or as customised albums but collections as large as the present one are uncommon as few sets exceed fifty images. The majority of the photographs in the album are signed by Bonfils. He opened his first studio in Beirut in 1867 and produced thousands of photographs of the region. The present album contains one of the photographs he is most known for namely the group of Jews in front of the Wailing Wall. Bonfils personally considered this haunting image to be one of his best works. Other photographs include views of Damascus Beirut and Jerusalem the church of the Holy Sepulchre the Dome of the Ascension Jericho Jaffa Ramallah the Jordan river the temple of Jupiter in Baalbek and the Umayyad mosque. The remaining photographs in the album are either signed by Sébah or unsigned and include beautiful portraits of locals views of Istanbul the Blue Mosque Hagia Sophia Galata bridge and the Bosphorus river and Athens the Theseion the temple of Olympian Zeus the Parthenon and the caryatids of Erechtheion.With a black bookseller's label mounted at the foot of the front pastedown Philip Son & Nephew Liverpool some of the photographs are captioned in ink underneath. The leaves are somewhat browned and the albumen prints are slightly yellowed. Otherwise in very good condition.l Cf. El-Hage B. Damascus a photographic journey 1840-1918 pp. 57-58; Hannavy Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography pp. 173-175. unknown
1880I45A4CVFDU99Egypt and Switzerland 1880. Contemporary black half morocco. 4to 29.5 x 23.5 cm. 50 photographs of Egypt albumen prints and cyanotypes and approximately 40 albumen prints of Switzerland. Impressively presented series of original photographs taken at various important sites and cities in Egypt including Giza Thebes Karnak Luxor Abydos Esna and others. They show archaeological sites like the temple of Seti I at Abydos the precinct of Ahmen-Rah near Luxor the Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak the Ramesseum and the Colossi at Thebes the temple of Khnum at Esna the Sphinx and pyramids of Giza and many more. Other photographs show the local population engaged in a wide variety of activities such as catching crocodiles on the nile a Luxor barber shaving the head of a sailor or life in a Bedouin camp in the Libyan Desert. The Istanbul-based Sebah studio catered to the Western European interest in the exotic "orient" and the growing numbers of tourists visiting the Islamic world who wished to take home images of the city ancient ruins in the surrounding area portraits and local people in traditional costumes. "Sebah rose to prominence because of his well-organized compositions careful lighting effective posing attractive models great attention to detail and for the excellent print quality" Saretzky. When Pascal Sébah 1823-1886 died his son Jean Sébah 1876-1947 took over the studio and signed his productions "J. P. Sebah" on the negative putting his initial in front of his fathers.Some spotting and fading binding worn. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. for Sébah: Saretzky Photo history. unknown
18801037551880. SEBAH J. Pascal DITTRICH P. PERIDIS Pappa and BECHARD H. Collection of 69 photographs. Cairo: J.P Sebah P. Dittrich Pappa Peridis H. Bechard circa 1880. Vintage albumen prints each measuring about 8-1/2 by 11 inches individually mounted on heavy card stock total measures 11 by 14 inches most captioned and signed with photographer's studio imprint in the negative later printed labels on mount versos. Housed in three matching custom clamshell boxes. $12000.69 Striking exhibition-size photographs circa 1880-1890 of Egyptian temples and monuments by J. Pascal Sebah and other pioneering photographers in the early trade in images of Egyptian antiquities including photographs from many of the most iconic temples and locations in Egypt including the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir-el-Bahri the Temple of Hathor at Dendera the Temple of Amon at Luxor and the Great Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel.Near the end of the 19th century ""the Middle East exerted an irresistible attraction"" to much of Europe. ""It was in Egypt that the first resident photographic studios were opened"" Frizot 161 encouraging the work of photographers such as J. Pascal Sébah famed for his ""fine images produced in Turkey and Egypt"" Hannavy Encyclopedia of 19th-Century Photography I:1260 and P. Dittrich the first German photographer to set up shop in Cairo. This collection includes 31 photographs by Sébah and 17 by Dittrich plus 21 additional photographs by other photographers including Pappa Peridis and H. Bechard. This collection includes multiple images of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak 10 the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir-el-Bahri 9 the Tomb of Ti at Sakkara 7 the Temple of Hathor at Denderah 6 the Temple of Amon at Luxor 6 the Temple of Seti I at Abydos 5 the Temple of Isis at Island of Philae 4 Ramses III's Temple at Medinet Habu 3 the Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel 3 the Ramesseum at Thebes 3 the Temple of Horus at Edfu 2 and the Temple at Kalabsha 2 and individual images including other sites at Karnak Sakkara and Thebes. With institutional printed labels to mount versos. A fine collection. unknown
1854B5798Gide et J. Baudry libraires-Editeurs c.1854. Edition: First Edition Binding: Contemporary half red morocco with gilt double fillet borders with marbled boards; expertly rebacked; spine with 5 raised gilt designed bands and central gilt ornaments; gilt titled morocco labels on two and four; matching marbled pasted and free endpapers. Notes: Text in French.<br>This example does not include Perse Ancienne; it includes a complete set of Perse Moderne's 100 exquisite lithographed plates. <br>First edition of this survey of Modern Persia. This is the atlas volume for the Modern Persia section only. There are several atlas volumes that form part of the larger set with text volumes which are not present here. While complete sets are very rare and the part on ancient Persia focuses mainly on ancient monuments and structures of architectural interest the modern part describes the country during the 19th century many parts of which were difficult and unsafe to access; it is therefore of greater interest and the more sought after. <br>Jean-Baptiste Eugène Napoléon Flandin 1809-1889 was a French orientalist painter archaeologist and politician. He is most renowned for his famous drawings and paintings of Persian monuments landscapes and social life made during his travels with the architect Pascal Coste during the years 1839-41. Flandin’s observations on the state of Persia and international politics in the mid-19th century also continue to provide important documentary information. In 1839 Flandin was along with Coste made a laureate of the Institut de France and they both joined the embassy of the Comte de Sercey to Persia. After parting from de Sercey’s mission they left Isfahan with very limited financial means and retinue. Flandin’s courage during this journey which spanned the entirety of Persia was praised by Coste who also noted his intrepidity during times of duress. Their timetable and work were strictly organized. After Flandin’s return to France he was awarded the Légion d’honneur in 1842 for his part in this government-sponsored archaeological mission. The atlas volumes form part of the larger set with text volumes not included here. <br> Size: Folio 612 mm x 432 mm Illustration: 100 lithographed plates including 2 finely hand coloured plates. Some plates with 2 images. Provenance: Round bookplate with heraldry at centre surrounded by References: Brunet II 1280; Wilson p. 72 Pages: P. Ex libris bl. 4 Half Title Publisher’s Note Title bl. 100 lithographed plates Table of contents 3. Category: Book Asia Middle East Iran; Gide et J. Baudry, libraires-Editeurs hardcover
