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188334775London: Richard Bentley & Son 1883. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original dark-green polished cloth the upper blocked in blind at the borders and with gilt depiction of a sailing dhow at the center the spine lettered and decorated in gilt the lower cover blocked in blind. viii 359 pp. An as fine copy with little evidence of age and no evidence of use the text-block still unopened unusual thus. SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN PREMIUM CONDITION. Gabriel Charmes 1850-1886 was a prolific writer on diverse subjects. One of the most brilliant of French journalists of his time he was destined to die relatively young from tuberculosis. FIVE MONTHS AT CAIRO AND IN LOWER EGYPT is a vivid and detailed account of life in Egypt in the 19th century and it offers a unique window into a fascinating period of history. Charmes journalist and adventurer describes his travels through the teeming streets of Cairo his encounters with many characters and his excursions to historic sites such as the pyramids and the Sphinx. With its rich descriptions and firsthand observations this book is an special read for anyone interested in the history and culture of Egypt and the work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Richard Bentley & Son hardcover
187133745London: John Murray 1871. 2 volumes. Fifth Edition With Numerous Additions and Improvements From a Copy Annotated by the Author With 130 illustrations through the two volumes appearing in both text and as full-page plates. 8vo publisher's original blind-embossed cloth the spine panels lettered in gilt. xxiii 386; viii 379 pp. A very fine set beautifully preserved as pristine and near mint hinges and text-blocks both in excellent condition very scarce in this condition. A VERY FINE WORK ON MANY ASPECTS OF EGYPTIAN MANNERS UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Illustrated throughout the books were acknowledged for their accuracy and scope. They were reprinted many times well into the 20th century and have long been considered one of the most astute texts on Egypt and the Egyptians into the 20th century. Subjects included in the chapters relate to the country and climate religion and laws government domestic life society language literature science superstitions and magic alchemy industry tobacco bath games and music public celebrations and festivals as well as many more subjects. A complete work on Egypt. John Murray 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
188110034Paris, Quantin, 1881. In-4 de 363-[3] pages, demi-chagrin marron à coins, dos (un peu passé) à nerfs avec titre doré, tête dorée. Reliure frottée, rousseurs.
185964885London, James S. Virtue, (1858-1859). Gr.-Fol. (45 x 33 cm). Mit zus. 76 auf Untersatzkartons mont. Orig.-Fotografien (Albumin) von Francis Frith u. 82 nn. Bll. Text. HLdr.-Bde. d. Zt. m. goldgepr. Rückentiteln u. marmor. Schnitt.
1838A87Paris, Delamarche, 1838 ; 336/475 mm, 1 pp., une feuille. Carte de l'empire d'Égypte au temps de sa splendeur. Bon état.
1804522801804 P., Buisson, An XII (1804), 5 volumes petit in 12 brochés, XVI-171, 184, 164, 160 et 159 pages ; quelques rousseurs ; couvertures grises de parution (fanées avec manques aux dos).
1804843261804 Paris, Buisson, An X (1802), 3 volumes in 8° brochés, 372, 390 et 362 pages ; rongeure marginale aux derniers feuillets du tome 1 ; couvertures de parution (effrangées avec manques de papier).
188026813ISTANBUL 1880 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, format : 21 x 27 cm, : N°46 TOMBEAUX DES MAMELUKS (Le Caire) (1880) par PHOTOGRAPHIES ARTISTIQUES Gabriel Lekegian & CIE à ISTANBUL,
188028166TEMPLE DE LUXOR 1880 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, format : 24,5 x 20,5 cm, "LE TEMPLE DE LUXOR (ÉGYPTE) - UN (BATEAU) DAHABIEH SUR LE NIL" (1880), photographe inconnu
188026812MEDINET ABOU (EGYPTE) 1880 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, format : 24,5 x 20,5 cm, MEDINET ABOU (ÉGYPTE) - le Migdol - sur la gauche, ruines du petit temple des Thoutmosides (intérieur du site)(1880), photographe inconnu
188026817MEDINET ABOU (EGYPTE) 1880 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, format : 24,5 x 20,5 cm, LE TEMPLE DE MEDINET HABOU (ÉGYPTE) - (1880), photographe inconnu
188026824MEDINET ABOU (EGYPTE) 1880 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, format : 17,7 x 24 cm, LES STATUES DE MEÏDOUM : RAHOTEP ET SON ÉPOUSE NÉFRET (ÉGYPTE) - (1880), photographe inconnu
188028268MEDINET ABOU (EGYPTE) 1880 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, format : 24,5 x 20,5 cm, LE TEMPLE DE MEDINET HABOU (ÉGYPTE) 1ERE COUR - (1880), photographe ANTONIO BEATO,
188028269MEDINET ABOU (EGYPTE) 1880 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, format : 24,5 x 20,5 cm, N°86 MOSQUEE AMROU - VOLLONADES - (VIEUX CAIRE) - (1880), photographe G. LEKEGIAN & Co,
188026674le caire 1880 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, format : 20,8 x 27 cm, sans date (1880) PHOTOGRAPHE INCONNU,
188211289Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1882. Stahlstich, altkoloriert. Blattgröße: 40 x 53 cm, Maßstab 1:3.500.000
1894825341894 Paris, Dentu (Petite Collection Guillaume), 1894, petit in 12 étroit relié demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs orné, tête dorée, plat supérieur de couverture illustré conservé, 107 pages ; cachet-ex-libris sur la première garde blanche ; quelques rousseurs.
1895ABC_475631895. Oblong folio 28 x 39 cm. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco gilt edges. With 58 photograph prints ca. 21 x 25.5 to 13.5 x 20 cm. Mounted on both sides of the leaves in the album. 60 pp. The album contains 15 silver albumen photographs of Melbourne taken mainly from the series C. Rudd's new views of Melbourne 1886-1887 by Charles Rudd 1849-1901. They show Collins Street Melbourne town hall the public library Parliament House the Court of Law Government House and various other buildings and infrastructure as well as botanical gardens such as Fitzroy Gardens. The photographs of Sydney were the work of the renowned Australian photographer Henry King 1855-1923 born in England in 1855 who emigrated to Australia with his family in 1856. He worked as a photographer at J. Hubert Newman's studio in Sydney before opening his own studio in 1880. King gained recognition for his photographic studies of Australian Aboriginal people and his scenic views of Sydney. He died in 1923 leaving behind his wife son and three daughters. His glass negatives were acquired by J.R. Tyrrell after his death and are now held by the Powerhouse Museum. King is one of Australia's most significant early photographers. The album contains seventeen of Kings photographs of the harbour including Farm Cove and the Circular Quay Government House and interior and exterior photographs of the town hall King and George Street the Mutual Life Association Building the General Post Office and the Ferner Botanical Garden. Rural New South Was appears in nine photographs including images of Illawarra National Park the Hawkesbury River and a series of outdoor photographs taken along the coast at Blackwall and dated July 1895.This curious album of 58 photographs from France Egypt and most importantly Australia opens with a section with six photos from Marseille showing street views the city harbour the Avenue du Prado and the castles.The ten photographs from Egypt depict both the cultural highlights of the country such as the Pyramids the Sphinx the Citadel of Cairo and the Palace of Gizeh as well as ordinary Arabian villages and street scenes. They stemmed from the ateliers of the Abdullah brothers of Constantinople. The Abdullah Frères namely Viçen 1820-1902 Hovsep 1830-1908 and Kevork 1839-1918 Abdullahyan were three Ottoman brothers of Armenian heritage who gained international fame as photographers during the late Ottoman Empire. Some evidence suggests that he may have collaborated with the Zangaki Brothers and he may have been the official photographer for the Universal Company of the Suez Canal. Later he worked in partnership with the British-Italian photographer Antonio Beato.With an owners inscription in pencil "a appartenu Alfred Schmid" some photographs are captioned in black ink or pencil detailing the places. With a small label from the bookshop that sold the album: "Papeterie Sauwen-Jehotte" in Antwerp. The edges are somewhat bumped and some browning and foxing throughout. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
1889ABC_49512Yemen Egypt and other places 1889. Contemporary burgundy/auburn gold- and blindstamped calf lozenge-patterned blindstamping. Re-backed with the original back strip laid down. Gold-stamped turn-ins white watered silk endpapers gilt edges. Oblong folio 37.8 x 28 cm. An album containing 25 albumen prints ca. 20 x 27 cm including 1 double page mounted on thick card leaves many captioned in English. Photographic record of a journey begun in Australia and taken via Aden through the Suez canal and to the Mediterranean and then on to England. While the first image shows the steamship R.M.S. Ormuz in the port of Sydney three images including a double-page spread show the port of Aden in Yemen the famous water tanks and a native of the Southern Arabian region in a studio portrait. The majority of the album is dedicated to Egypt showing Arabs on their camels the Khedive's Ismailia Palace the Suez Canal Port Said and members the local population as well as the famous pyramids. The last few photographs show the final leg of the journey Naples and ultimately Gibraltar. Among the studios identified in the photographs are those of Hippolyte Arnoux and the Zangaki brothers based at Port Said.With a near-contemporary manuscript inscription in blue ink on the verso of the first flyleaf: "Edith Elkington or Elrington Aunt Ediths voyage home - to England about 1889". Foxed throughout slightly water stained but the prints are largely clean and clear some paper repairs in the margins the last flyleaf is lacking the final leaf is nearly detached. 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
1891ABC_47521Egypt: Zangaki brothers 1891. Original gold-stamped bubble-grained maroon cloth over boards modern maroon cloth spine and leather corners. Gold stamped title and year on the front white watered silk endpapers. Oblong album 31.5 x 41 cm. With 34 large albumen prints mounted on heavy cardstock leaves. Most of the photographs are numbered and captioned in French in the negative and signed 'Zangaki'. The last one is signed Sebah & Joallier. The Zangaki prints measure 22.5 x 28.5 cm; the Sebah & Joallier one is 20.5 x 26.5 cm. A large German album with 34 albumen prints of Egypt. The Greek brothers G. and C. Zangaki were photographers who worked in Egypt in the second half of the 19th century. Due to increased tourism to this region after the opening of the Suez Canal there was a large demand for souvenir photographs. Photographers like the Zangaki brothers as well as Sebah & Joallier catered to this. The Zangakis were among the first commercial photographers to produce large-scale images of Egypt. They travelled through the country with a portable darkroom to capture high-quality images of famous monuments and daily life though the latter were usually posed. These images were then printed and sold to tourists either separately or compiled into albums. According to John Hannavy the brothers "produced some of the finest images of late Victorian Egypt". The 34 photographs include: the great pyramid Cairo and the Nile dervishes and other exotic looking locals Egyptians standing on top of the sphinx obeliscs the Ramesseum Karnak temple the temple of Dendera the Great Pyramid Egyptians climbing the pyramid the mosque and tomb of Muhammad Ali Saqqara and many others.With two small library stamps on the first page not affecting the photograph. The book has been rebacked. The left side of the front board has faded and the corners are worn. Minor browning around the edges of the leaves. Back flyleaf loose. The photos are crisp and clear and the book is otherwise in good condition.l Erdem Views of Egypt by Georgios and Constantinos Zangaki: Examining a late nineteenth-century photographic album at the Art Gallery of Ontario thesis 2006; Hannavy Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography pp. 1036 1093 & 1521. Zangaki brothers, hardcover
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
18701091Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie, sans date (1870), fort in-8 ; demie-basane tête de nègre, dos à nerfs, couverture conservée (reliure moderne) ; VIII-666 pages, (1) feuillet de table, 16 gravures hors-texte, nombreuses figures.