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028861Little Egypt Enterprises Houston 1988. Book. Near Fine. No Binding. Ten fine art prints in various media screenprint woodcut lithograph etching made by some of the most renowned and accomplished artists in Houston in the 1980s. All cased in a printed paper portfolio. There is some rubbing and light soiling to the outer portfolio but each print is in fine and pristine condition interleaved with glassine between each sheet and unmounted. Each sheet is 15 x 20 inches. This portfolio is edition 36/50 and each print is signed by the respective artist in the lower right and inscribed with the edition number in the lower left. Little Egypt Enterprises, Houston unknown
M7019aRare complete set of 2 volumes. Edition limited to 1200 sets of which this is nr 437. Ordnance Survey Giza 1949-54. 2nd edition Hazard Publishing London 1992. Large folio original cloth containing 243 plates showing mosques and architectural and decorative details 27 in colour: 216 in photogravure with sepia ink 2 in photogravure with chromolithographed colour 3 chromolithographed and 22 in halftone offset lithography after paintings by Al-Husain Fawzy. Further with about 100 offset lithographic line illustrations on the integral leaves many full-page. Vol. I: 68 pages 93 plates 2 maps and index. Vol. II: pages 69-133 plates 94-243. In this second edition three mosques built since 1949 have been added on pages 134-141 and plates 206A to 206G. Both volumes in mint condition in their protective case the latter slightly creased on corners. In the introduction Creswell writes: "Cairo possesses a most remarkable series of Muslim monuments running unbroken from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries. In the latter respect it is unique. . we need have no hesitation in saying that these two volumes constitute the finest piece of book production achieved in Egypt". A very heavy set additional shipping fees will apply. Language: English. This set ships from Europe shipping costs will be updated accordingly BPF. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Medieval & Modern Egypt. unknown
1894LV2689Cairo Egypt: 1894. 1894. 2 volumes. 23; 19 ff. 160 original photographs vol. I; 120 original photographs vol. II. Each photo measures 4.5 x 35 inches; many photos are faded whereas others are strong a couple of photos were defaced with ink doodles. Original full brown morocco with tooling with the title "SNAPSHOTS EGYPT 1894 – VOL. I & II". Very good condition. 280 PHOTOGRAPHS RECORDING A VISIT TO EGYPT IN 1894: Each photograph is carefully labeled and annotated in ink English. The album records photographically the touring holiday in Egypt from arrival to departure of an unnamed older man husband and two women related who record scenes from Alexandria to the monuments in Gizeh Beni-Hasan Luxor Karnak Thebes Kom Ombo Assuan Shellal Mahadah Philae Wadi-Halfa and Abu-Sir. / The photographs are all the same size 4.5x3.5 inches with four pictures mounted per page. Many of the photographs have faded over time and many are well preserved. The strength of the album are the numerous images taken of the Egyptian peoples encountered in their journey including some of their guides and guards. There are a total of 280 mounted photographs by far the greater number are carefully annotated with inscriptions sometimes rather candidly. Approximately three photographs are defaced with child-like doodles. This is a rich resource of original unique photographs all taken during the three-some's 1894 journey from England to Egypt. The names of the tourists an older bearded man 2 ladies – seem to be related is never mentioned. A list of the photo titles is also available. 1894. unknown
1890TK0363Probably ca. 1890s. i.e. certainly before 1905. 1890. Folio. 14 x 15.5 inches. 48 original mounted professional photographs each a full-page image. Modern half red morocco cloth. A piece of the original cloth cover with the title in German as shown is mounted within the volume. Fine. 48 fine vintage photographs 23 of which are signed by the photograph 19 by the Zangaki Brothers; 4 by Antoine Beoto. The images are taken in the southern Egyptian Luxor region including images of the Valley of the Kings at Luxor temple the Nile Karnak temple and Thebes. / The first photograph shows the Sphynx and in front are a couple presumedly a husband & wife perhaps German or Swiss-German obviously tourists. This is their memory album of a visit to Luxor in southern Egypt the place of the Valley of the Kings. The photographs some of which are titled are chiefly titled in French. Even though 23 of the photographs are signed it is clear that the whole album is made up of images from these two photographers meaning that 47 of the images should be either by the Zangaki Brothers or Antoine Beoto's studio. The only unique image should be the first one showing the two travelers and their guides. Probably ca. 1890s. [i.e., certainly before 1905]. hardcover
184626560London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1846. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a single folio sheet 17.25" x 24" the captioned image is 13.25" x 21" now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. An image of the interior of the Grand Portico at the Temple of Esna. Highly colored as printed and very atmospheric.<br> We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available views of Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
184826558London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1848. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a single folio sheet 17.25" x 24" the captioned image is 13.25" x 21" now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available views of Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
33593National Publication House Press. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 77 pp. - Cover picture depicts black red and white cityscape with minarets. Wraps tight but corners just a bit bumped faded discolored. Interior text extremely clean and tight; near fine. -- with a bonus offer--; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . National Publication House Press paperback
184526561London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1845. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a single folio sheet 24" x 16.5" the captioned image is 19.5" x 13" now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available views of Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
18983180331898. 25 album card leaves with 117 mounted photographs with captions in pencil below. 12 x 16-1/2 inches. Contemporary half black morocco over pebbled cloth. Extremities worn occasional foxing and thumbsoiling slight curvature to album leaves occasional toning or fading to photographs. 25 album card leaves with 117 mounted photographs with captions in pencil below. 12 x 16-1/2 inches. Anonymous album containing numerous photographs of scenery people and sport primarily in India Kashmir and surrounding area Zoji La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas in the Indian union territory of Ladakh The Sind Valley 4 are large 11-1/2 x 9 inch plates. but with a small Egypt section at the end. Photos of campsites horses military troops picnics and gatherings cultural sights etc. many with penciled-in captions at dated 1891 in some.<br /> <br /> With at least 4 phortos of polo at Alexandria. unknown
193853557Alexandria Egypt: W.F. Nicholson Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. Egypt & Near East Branch 1938-1939. Oblong 4to. 12.5 x 9.75 in. 48 pp unpaginated. thick black paper stock w/ 177 black & white silver gelatin photos on glossy photo stock tipped-in sized from 2.5 x 3.5 in. up to 4 x 6 in. with nearly all including white ink captions below or on the sides white ink manuscript for title page. Contemporary embossed & padded simulated leather post-binder album painted embossed cover illustration of Ancient Egyptian figures leading bulls papyrus reeds sewn into fore-edges with some loss rounded corners minor edgewear rubbing wear to corners still a VG- exemplar. This excellent photo album documents the trip of a Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. insurance executive to their Egypt & Near East Branch office in the Fall of 1938 to 1939. Nicholson fl. 1920-1940 begins with photo images of the voyage off France Italy & Sicily to Egypt in the Tyrrhenian Sea on the P&O RMS Cathay with images of Stromboli the Chateau d’If Marseilles and shipboard passengers. These are followed by photos of the arrival in Port Said the stay in the historic Eastern Exchange Hotel now demolished street scenes in the native quarters the harbor piers lighthouse views of the Suez Canal and more. Included as well are photos of mosques and monuments in Port Said street and water scenes in Ismailia a trip through the desert to an oasis by Alexandria in a 1932 Ford Coupe with views of camels and the car in the market his arrival in Alexandria as well as the interiors of the company offices on 33 Rue Cherif Pasha in Alexanderia. There are many photos of Alexandria including the Royal Palace the College of Saint Mark the Strand the Mahmoudieh Canal street scenes gardens and more. The album closes with views of Cairo the museum Zuwela Gate the Citadel built by Saladain the Mameluk Tombs funeral procession Nilebride boat many of the pyramids and Tutankhamen’s Tutankhamun treasures in the Cairo museum. The Northern Assurance Co. was founded in 1836 as the North of Scotland Fire and Life assurance Co. renamed in 1848 and by the early 20th century had become a specialty company in the marine insurance and shipping insurance business and had established their Alexandria Egypt branch office in 1855. See: Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. fl. 1836-1968 Univ. of Aberdeen Special Collections. W.F. Nicholson, Northern Assurance Co. Ltd., Egypt & Near East Branch, hardcover
1894224294London : Offices of the Egypt exploration fund 1894-1908 1894. Hardback. Large folio. Good to very good copies all in the original title-blocked cloth-backed printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite a well-preserved set overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Contents; pt. I. The north-western end of the upper platform--pt. II. The ebony shrine northern half of the middle platform--pt. III. End of northern half and southern half of the middle platform--pt. IV. The shrine of Hathor and the southern hall of offerings--pt. V. The upper court and sanctuary. Subjects;Dayr al-Bahri Site Egypt. Series; Memoir Egypt Exploration Fund. Physical description; ill. plate ; 46 x 36 cm. London : Offices of the Egypt exploration fund [1894-1908] hardcover
1978053105London: Sidgwick and Jackson 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Owner name on fly mild edgewear to dust jacket which is now in protective mylar. 282pp. Sidgwick and Jackson Hardcover
9476No imprint Ca. 1950. Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Quarto. Unpaginated. Comprising of 3 sections: Paragraphs 1-145; plus ca. 30 leaves with different pagination; plus xxxix leaves of Additional Series of Notes. Typewriter produced manuscript printed on recto only. HARDCOVER nicely bound in navy blue full cloth; very few underlines in red pencil. In mint condition. ~ Extremely rare original manuscript by the renowned Egyptologist Jaroslav Cerny 1898-1970. Comprising essentially of 3 parts the manuscript was edited by Herbert Walter Fairman 1907-1982 and copied in 1952 by Constant de Wit 1907-1989. In her memorial volume to Cerny Rome BIP 1975 Sarah Israelit Groll says that the first section paragraphs 1-145 Prepositions nouns and verbs was first copied by Caminos in 1950 for Gardiner and is now in the Griffith Institute. As far as we are aware no comparison has ever been made between the two versions. The present manuscript is a direct carbon copy of the typed manuscript. The hieroglyphic text is handwritten in pencil directly on the paper apparently by De Wit. The second section which is typed here as integral continuation of the first has entries on Negation Prothetic aleph in L. E. Periphrasis with "iri" Relative Clauses Relatives Participles Non-Verbal Sentences Participles. It is assumed that this section was not included in Caminos' copy of 1950 and appears here for the first time. The last section titled "Additional Series of Notes" Pp. xxxix is reproduced on photocopier. Provenance: From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Michel Malaise 1943-2016 with his signature in pencil to title-page. TIM-3 <br/> <br/> No imprint (Ca. 1950). hardcover
5917London Oxford Egypt Exploration Society 1950-2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Sixty-eight volumes. Quarto. Various paginations. Plated and figures. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition mostly in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION; few issues in reprint. A complete uninterrupted run of 68 years. Plus Reviews Supplements 71 and 90. Total of 70 volumes of the series fully collated for completeness and condition. 2 BXS FLR3 <br/> <br/> London, Oxford, Egypt Exploration Society, 1950-2013. paperback
121058Vintage gelatin silver photographs each one approximately 99 × 147 mm extensively captioned in ink on the versos; they are dated between 19 December 1914 and 8 January 1915 shortly prior to Galagher's deployment to Gallipoli where he was killed in action on 8 May 1915 in the 2nd Division's attack on Krithia near Cape Helles. Four of the prints are slightly stained; a few have tiny ink marks on the recto identifying landmarks or soldiers; an excellent group. All but three of the captions are signed 'Fred' or initialled 'F' but all captions are in the same hand; seven are numbered in series. Seven images show Australian New Zealand and Allied troop movements in central Cairo around the coronation of the newly-installed puppet Sultan Hussein Kamel misidentified as the Khedive in the captions; nine show life in and around Mena Camp at the foot of the pyramids with numerous landmarks and several officers identified. The final six images show the visit to the camp of Sir George Reid High Commissioner in London and former Prime Minister of Australia accompanied by Brigadier General Bridges and Major General Birdwood 'This is midwinter & the temperature on this day at noon was 98 deg shade 189 in the sun' writes Galagher on a scene showing Sir George in tails and top hat. 22 items. unknown
180260653London: W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol 1802. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Quarto 27cm. Contemporary sprinkled calf gold roll around outer perimeter of boards board edges tooled in blind titled in gilt on red leather spine label; plain endpapers; ivxxvi1951pp with postscript leaf paginated "188" inserted after p.188; 3 maps 2 folding with routes traced in color compiled by J. Rennell and engraved by J. Walker. Bookplate of John Bacon Lawrey Morritt Rokeby Park. Sound and clean mild rubbing to board edges spine leather dry and cracking internally with a few scatted spots of foxing one folding map with small tear at center fold but otherwise Very Good. Collated and complete. <br /> <br /> First English translation of Hornemann's travels previously published in German Weimar 1801. Hornemann a student at Göttingen was "engaged by the African Association in London with instructions to reach the River Niger by crossing the Sahara from Egypt." When Napoleon's army took Cairo Hornemann managed to gain Napoleon's patronage for his journey. He joined a caravan heading toward Marzuq and visited several oases before turning north to Tripoli. There he "sent despatches back to London" then joined a caravan heading south and disappeared. Later information suggested that he had successfully crossed the Sahara but died of dysentery just north of the Niger. HOWGEGO I H100. W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol unknown
184626628London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1846. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a half folio sheet 17" x 15" the captioned image is 14" x 10" now presented in cream mounting boards 21" x 17" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. A very beautiful image of the the Island of Philae from the Nile at Sunset. In the foreground are reeds and a sailboat behind which can be seen in near silhouette the Temple of Isis on the island. Philae was accounted to be one of the burying-places of Osiris and was held in high reverence both by the Egyptians to the north and the Nubians to the south. It was deemed profane for any but priests to dwell there and was accordingly sequestered and denominated "the Unapproachable." This is a view now un-viewable to modern eyes. Due to decades of constant flooding of Philae after the construction of the Aswan Low Dam every building was dismantled into about 40000 units and then transported to higher ground on the nearby island of Agilkia. The project was completed in time for the 1970 construction of the the Aswan High Dam.<br> We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available views of Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
184626627London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1846. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a half folio sheet 17" x 13.5" the captioned image is 13.75" x 10" now presented in cream mounting boards 21" x 17" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. A very beautiful image of the Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae looking down the Nile. Philae was accounted to be one of the burying-places of Osiris and was held in high reverence both by the Egyptians to the north and the Nubians to the south. It was deemed profane for any but priests to dwell there and was accordingly sequestered and denominated "the Unapproachable." This is a view now un-viewable to modern eyes. Due to decades of constant flooding of Philae after the construction of the Aswan Low Dam every building was dismantled into about 40000 units and then transported to higher ground on the nearby island of Agilkia. The project was completed in time for the 1970 construction of the the Aswan High Dam.<br> We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available views of Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
200144915Oxford Clarendon Press. 2001. Hardcover. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. Lower corners of Vol 3 a bit bumped. Dustjackets are protected in plastic sleeves.; 3 Volume Complete Set. Sandpiper reprint.; Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints; 1-3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 2136 pages; A documented study of the main aspects of Alexandrian life in the Ptolemaic period. An attempt to provide a documented account of selected but associated aspects both of the city as a social unit - its topography its civic organisation and constitutional history its commerce and its cults - and of its achievement in science learning and literature . 0198142781 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
1875ABC_46596Egypt 1875. A single oblong board 30 x 40 cm. Zangaki brothers 2 albumen photographic prints mounted on one board 1 on each side approx. 225 x 28 cm. 2 albumen photographic prints of a view of the Nile with pyramids in the background and the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo by the Zangaki brothers "Adelphoi Zangaki" who were two photographers of Greek origin active in Egypt from ca. 1870 until the beginning of the 20th century. They can be grouped together with other commercial photographers who worked in Egypt during the second half of the 19th century. These photographers such as Félix Bonfils Gustave le Gray and others who were mostly of French origin were able to capitalise on the rising demand for photographic prints as souvenirs. Photographers like the Zangaki brothers often sold the albumen prints from their studios located in cities like Port Said Cairo and Suez but produced the actual photographs using the collodion process in a portable darkroom - a cart or sometimes even a boat - in the field.The brothers were quite prolific producing at least 1500 photographs of Egypt and other regions of the Middle East during the span of a few decades around the turn of the 20th century. Since these photographs were taken with the purpose of creating prints for tourists the subjects are often "quintessentially Egyptian" and sights such as the pyramids along the Nile river are captured. However they also provide a glimpse into Egyptian daily life or occasionally one can sneak a peek at one the photographers and their portable darkroom. Not much is known about the Zangaki brothers and until quite recently people thought that the photographic prints signed "Zangaki" were produced by one single person. With a tear in the lower margin not affecting the photographs some foxing remnants of white tape to one of the side margins of the board with a small blue ink mark below an inscription "Mosque of El Azhar." in the margin below the photograph of said mosque. Overall in good condition.l cf. Erdem Views of Egypt by Georgios and Constantinos Zangaki . 2009; Hannavy in: Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography p. 1521; Perez Focus east p. 233. ABE CAT Art History ABE CAT Middle East Arabian Peninsula unknown
1927208311927. Photo album documenting a multi country group यातà¥à¤°à¤¾ in 1927 records interwar travel across southern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean including regions under colonial administration and recent political transition. The album follows a group of travelers moving from France through Italy Greece Turkey British administered Palestine and Egypt capturing urban landmarks archaeological sites and local populations encountered along the route. The sequence provides visual evidence of tourism infrastructure mobility and cross cultural observation during a period when former imperial territories such as Constantinople were undergoing redefinition following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of modern nation states.<br /> <br /> Album contains 93 black and white silver gelatin photographs and four real photo postcards with images ranging approximately from 2.5 x 4 inches to 3.5 x 5.5 inches and one larger group photograph measuring about 9 x 7 inches. Photographs are mounted on black paper boards with handwritten captions in white pencil and interleaved tissue guards; string bound in patterned cloth boards. The album opens in Avignon with views of St. Pierre's Church and the Palais des Papes then continues through Italy with scenes of Naples and Pompeii as well as shipboard images captioned S.S. Adriatic. Subsequent sections include Athens with views of the Parthenon followed by Constantinople where four postcards depict the harbor the Sultan Ahmed Mosque and the Hagia Sophia shortly after the end of the Ottoman Empire. In British Mandate Palestine images show street scenes in Nazareth and Jerusalem including sites along the River Jordan the Western Wall and the Garden of Gethsemane alongside a captioned portrait labeled "A Jewish Maiden." The album concludes in Egypt with extensive views of archaeological and urban sites at Thebes Memphis Cairo and Luxor including the Obelisk of Hatshepsut Edfu Temple the tomb of Amenhotep II the Colossi of Memnon and the pyramids and Great Sphinx at Giza where the final group portrait shows the travelers posed on camels.<br /> <br /> Produced during the interwar period the album reflects expanding international tourism networks alongside ongoing European influence in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. The juxtaposition of ancient sites modern transport and local populations situates the material within broader histories of archaeology empire and travel culture in the early twentieth century. Light general wear to album and mounts; images well preserved with clear captions; overall very good condition. unknown
184726629London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1847. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a half folio sheet 17" x 13.55" the captioned image is 14" x 10" now presented in cream mounting boards 17" x 21" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. AN especially pretty image the ruins beautifully rendered with colorfully dressed people scattered about them. The island of Bigge adjacent to Philae was part of the site of the tomb of Osiris. Only the priests from Philae were permited to even set foot on the island let along enter the temples.<br> We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available views of Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
1798181876London: printed for J. Wright 1798-1800. Mixed editions as usual. The work is formed of a collection of letters written by soldiers in Napoleon's army in Egypt published by the British as a propaganda exercise. The contents include the private accounts of foot soldiers in the campaign reports from General Damas to General Kleber and Napoleon complaining about his wife to his brother. Each letter is translated with additional footnotes. Facsimiles of both Napoleon's and Nelson's handwriting can be found on the folding plate. Provenance: from the library of Clive Richards although unmarked as such. Richards owned "the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands" according to The Telegraph. He served as vice president of the Nelson Society and was a member of the 1805 Club for 30 years. 3 vols bound in one octavo 217 x 132 mm pp. xxiv 248 4; iv xxxii 236 4; ii xx 182. Vol. 1 bound with half title. Engraved tissue-guarded folding plate and folding map tables in text; text in English and French. With 8 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary mottled quarter calf red spine label smooth spine with flat bands ruled in gilt marbled boards edges yellow. Inscribed on half-title "Chas J. Clarke April 19th 1799" verses 10-13 of Horace's Ode 1.37 inscribed in pencil on front free endpaper recto. Spine a little stripped head chipped extremities slightly rubbed tips bumped contents a little toned and foxed: a very good copy. ESTC T148911; T122998; T121981; Sandler 853. "Clive Richards City financier and owner of the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands - obituary" The Telegraph 23 April 2021. hardcover
184134772London: Hamilton Adams & Co. 1841. First Edition. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Mohammed Ali. 8vo publisher's original brown cloth the spine lettered in gilt the covers decorated and blocked in blind with fillet rules and inner decorations at the borders the upper cover with gilt pictorial device showing a camel being led by a tender and with palms and pyramid in the background. xvi 280 pp. A handsome copy in unusually pleasing condition the binding in good order even as age is observable the gilt bright the text block clean the hinges sound a bit of offset to the plate very well preserved and rare thus. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. An important and primary work on man who would Muhammad Alia 1769 – 1849 was the Ottoman viceroy and governor who became the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848 widely considered the founder of modern Egypt. At the height of his rule in 1840 he controlled Egypt Sudan Hejaz the Levant Crete and parts of Greece and transformed Cairo from a mere Ottoman provincial capital to the center of an expansive empire.<br> Ali was a military commander in an Albanian Ottoman force sent to recover Egypt from French occupation following Napoleon's withdrawal. He rose to power through a series of political maneuvers and in 1805 he was named W li of Egypt and gained the rank of Pasha. As W li Ali attempted to modernize Egypt by instituting dramatic reforms in the military economic and cultural spheres. He also initiated a violent purge of the Mamluks consolidating his rule and permanently ending the Mamluk hold over Egypt.<br> Militarily Ali recaptured the Arabian territories for the sultan and conquered Sudan of his own accord. In 1831 Ali waged war against the sultan capturing Syria crossing into Anatolia and directly threatening Constantinople.<br> After defeating the Ottomans multiple times he accepted a peace brokered by European powers in 1842 and withdrew from the Levant; in return he and his descendants were granted hereditary rule over Egypt and Sudan. His dynasty would rule Egypt for over a century until the revolution of 1952 when King Farouk was overthrown by the Free Officers Movement led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser establishing the Republic of Egypt. <br> Hamilton, Adams & Co. hardcover
190221105Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1902. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Usual browning and light chipping to dustjacket. Former owner's notes on front free endpaper and with a small chip. Browning to half-title page. Else a handsome and tight copy with nicely marbled edges. ; With 23 maps 66 plans and 59 vignettes. Including the 1904 supplement: "The Egyptian Museum at Cairo" a 24 page pamphlet with a little bit of tanning to the covers and with a small inkstain. Both supplement and dustjacket make this copy very rare. Hinrichsen 250. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; cxcii 408 pages . Karl Baedeker hardcover
