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An extensive set of stunning photographs of Egypt by two of the most distinguished photographers of the Islamic world: Henri Béchard and Pascal Sebah. The collection is very well preserved and unusual in its scope. The volumes are thematically divided: the first album shows Cairo and daily life in the city the second shows antiquities outside the city pyramids temples funeral chambers hieroglyphics etc. and the third shows cities other than Cairo e.g. Karnak Louqsor Bal el Molouk Thebes Edfou Assouan etc. along with ruins and other sites from those places. The photographs therefore not only show us the famous views and antiquities but also give an acute portrayal of Egypt as a country and its everyday life at the time which is not common in the usual touristic photo albums.Henri Béchard active 1870-1880 was awarded the Gold medal at the Universal Exposition in 1878. His studio was in the Ezbekiyeh Gardens Cairo. "His work is distinguished by the superb quality of his prints and the generally spectacular presentation of even the most common sites such as the pyramids. His studies of people and costumes are even more interesting and point to a very personal involvement of the photographer in the life and customs of the country. His cityscapes and urban scenes were mostly taken from unusual angles in an attempt to cope with the narrow and confined spaces" Perez. Pascal Sebah 1823-1886 was a leading photographer based in Constantinople who 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.Only an occasional speck on the album leaves otherwise a fine copy with the photographs of a very high quality. The bindings also fine only the boxes have some very minor wear along the extremities.l Cf. N. Perez Focus East 1988; G. Saretzky History of photography online. unknown
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
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Sweet Valley 1989-06-01. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Spine is faintly creased. light surface and edge wear. faint surface scratching. Inside cover is tanned. Pages clean and binding tight. Sweet Valley paperback
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