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18070005807London: Samuel Bagster 1807. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good. copperplate frontispiece. Quarto vii 82 ccli Table leaf clxxxi-ii has a fore-edge chip from the press; half calf marbled boards scuffed very light foxing. With an engraved Baronial bookplate possibly John Henry Vivian or his son Sir Arthur Pendarves Vivian member of the Royal Geographical Society inked name on recto of frontispiece the frontispiece caption is trimmed and spotted. <br/><br/>Denon a noted artist and engraver accompanied Napoleon's troops into Egypt to record the scenery and antiquities. This volume describes the plates of the Atlas volume. Additionally there are important Appendices about the pyramids at Geza Alexandria minerals medicine "Memoire sur le Commerce des Negres au Caire et sur les Maladies ." etc. This British edition with French text is quite scarce. An 1809 re-issue had cancelled title-pages. Note: curiously the printed title-page reads "Voyages" not in the singular as listed elsewhere. Copperplate frontispiece. Samuel Bagster hardcover
18500006137London: John Murray 1850. Third edition. Hardcover. Good. 17 illustrations the costume drawings were made by a Maltese artist. Octavo lv 420 pages original covers new spine endpapers and paper label. <br/><br/>Part 1 in six chapters is "Egypt in 1833". Other monasteries in the Turkish Empire and also Jerusalem. Appendix II is "Recipes of Turkish Cookery 5pp." 17 illustrations the costume drawings were made by a Maltese artist . With a folding plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Curzon aka Lord Zouche travelled the Middle East in search of Biblical manuscripts. "I will write down some account of the most curious of these manuscripts and the places in which they were found as well as some of the adventures which I encountered in the pursuit of my venerable game - Preface." John Murray hardcover
184826556London: 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 23.5" x 17" the captioned image is 19.75" x 13.75" 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
184726862London: 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 single folio sheet 23" x 17.5" the captioned image is 19.25" 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. This is an especially attractive plate showing one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The temple dedicated to the falcon god Horus was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC. The temple is located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Edfu which was known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonopolis Magna after the chief god Horus-Apollo. The temple of Edfu is the largest temple dedicated to Horus.<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 there are also views available of Tyre Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan 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
1805035780Philadelphia PA 1805. Book. Good. Quarter-Leather. First Thus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Brown 1/4 calf blue-gray paper covered boards leather title label mounted on upper spine panel with the word "Voyages" in gilt 7 gilt spine bands. 311 pp. Moderate shelf wear rubbed with exposure along edges leather showing some surface rubbing but still nicely intact. Binding firm. Vintage owner signature of G. W. C. Evans on front pastedown otherwise unmarked. Unfortunately lacking main title so we are unable to confirm publisher edition or year of issue and we have been unable to match this copy based on pagination; printer indicated as R. Carr Church-Alley on final page of text thus indicating this edition to have been printed in Philadelphia most likely in the first decade of the 19th century Carr is listed as a printer at 19 and 10 Church Alley in the 1808 Philadelphia City Directory and other of his printings located institutionally are dated 1803-10. Interior otherwise decently intact with scattered foxing generally light ranging in a few places to moderate. This edition does not appear to have contained illustrations or maps. Hardcover
18535673Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo And Co. 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Poor. 12mo 173 pages publisher's embossed cloth botanicals pressed between some leaves lacks rear endpaper edgeworn. torn at heel of spine; ex libris David Randall Tamaqua Penna.: this book usually presents in damaged condition. <br/><br/>" Although the regions visited by him may have been already described by others . it has nevertheless been his fortune to be among the first to witness some recent discoveries as yet unknown in the United States among which may be mentioned the singular ruins of Jadjar Khem in Malta and the vast subterranean halls near the site of ancient Memphis in Egypt - Preface." Written in an epistolary style. Frontispiece plate. Lippincott, Grambo, And Co. hardcover
185934869H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss. 1859. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and circulation page. Cloth binding tape to front inner hinge. Corners of boards worn. Loss to spine ends. Some wear to boards. A bit of brown staining to a few pages.; 268 pp 242 pp; 510 pages . H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover
181816654Glasgow: Falconer 1818. hardcover. Good. 300 pages. Bound in newer fine 3/4 black leather and green cloth white endpapers. Spine has 5 raised bands gold title on red leather panel gold decoration and 1818 date. Half-inch chip at bottom of title page and black ink stain at bottom of first few pages. Pages somewhat ruffled darkened with age and some foxing. <br/><br/> Falconer hardcover
184626562London: 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 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. A very famous and iconic image being the Colossi of Memnon the two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III which for the past 3400 years have stood in the Theban necropolis west of the River Nile near the modern city of Luxor.<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
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
18851357London: Trübner & Co. 1885. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Boards are yellowed. Edgewear to boards. Corners are worn. Former owner's signature has been deleted. Light foxing.; Contents: Tell-El-Maskhutah; Names of the Ancient City; Description of Pithom; History of Pithom; Monuments Discovered; Geographical Remarks; Route of the Exodus; Ptolemy Philadelphos.; First Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund . Trübner & Co hardcover
185121724New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A very handsome and tight copy. Very light occasional foxing. Former owner's inscription on first blank page.; Full decorative calf boards with blindstamped decoration and gilt linear design. Spine with five raised boards and gilt spine decoration. All edges gilt. Decorative dentelle binding. Numerous tissue guarded b&w illustrations from beautiful steel engravings. This is a travelogue from an extensive trip up the Nile river during the times when everybody in Europe started to show interest for Egypt. The pictures include typical scenes: A street in Cairo The Bazaar A Slave Boat at Girgeh Valley of the Tombs of the Kings The Hall of Beauty in the Tomb of Pharao Seti.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages . Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover
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
1900229490Printed by Newcastle-upon-Thane Fenwick & Wade ca. 1900. 1900. First edition. 8vo. 8 b/w figures. Original 1/2 light brown cloth over tan boards spine and upper cover with printed labels lower right corner is worn. Very good. 138 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. [Printed by Newcastle-upon-Thane, Fenwick & Wade, ca. 1900]. 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
184726861London: 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 single folio sheet 23" x 17.5" the captioned image is 19.25" 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. This is an especially attractive plate showing one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The temple dedicated to the falcon god Horus was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC. The temple is located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Edfu which was known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonopolis Magna after the chief god Horus-Apollo. The temple of Edfu is the largest temple dedicated to Horus.<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 there are also views available of Tyre Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan 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
1880174937London Edinburgh & Glasgow.: William Mackenzie. 1880. Map printed in colour with original outline hand colour 29.8 x 22.7 cm central fold edge toning but in very good condition. Published for inclusion in "The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Useful Knowledge". . William Mackenzie. unknown
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
1900216690Bolton & London.: Tillotson Press. N.d. c1900. Souvenir album of 70 black and white photographic plates with captions in English German and French. Green cloth covered boards lettered in gilt with bright gilt stamped device decorated endpapers covers worn with considerable insect damage to cloth covering the boards internally clean tight and unmarked. 20 x 26cm. . Tillotson Press. hardcover
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
184626864London: 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" x 23" the captioned image is 12.75" x 19.25" 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. A very interesting image of the Temple at Kom Omboan unusual double temple built during the Ptolemaic dynasty 180-47 BC. This was painted prior to the temple's restoration by by Jacques de Morgan in 1893 and in the image most of the temple remains hidden beneath the shifting desert sand. A group of locals standing beside one of the columns provides an excellent sense of scale. <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
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
182060512Kiøbenhavn. 1820. 8vo. Grønne 1800-talls skinnryggbind med enkel ryggforgylling. Marmorerte dekler. VI 637 ; 726 s. . Forlagt af Boghandler A. Goldin Dansk. <br/><br/><em>Ex libris. Navn på forsatsen. </em> unknown
181128212London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery Pall Mall 1811. Print. Overall very good condition. An attractive print showing the imposing main square in Cairo with large green space in front of the Murad Bey's palace. A caravan of soldiers with men on horses & camels parades along the foreground of the image. Aquatint with period hand color. Image 12 7/8 x 9 1/4" on paper 15 x 11 5/8". Margins with slight marking. R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery Pall Mall unknown
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