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1936réf. 4825DBChicago, University of Chicago Press, 1936. Gross-Folio, 4° (Textband). XLVIII S., 209 S. (Kommentarband). Mit 100 farbige Illustrationen in Chromolithografie. Leinenbände mit Deckelillustrationen. Bildbände in Kartonschuber. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, 4825DB 3 Bände.
1870réf. PHO-642Paris, Paul Dupont, E. Lachaud, s.d. [1870]. Grand in-folio (580 x 410 mm). Relié pleine toile violette éditeur, dos lisse , titre doré sur le premier plat, vue d'Égypte sur le dernier plat,petit manque au dos , quelques rousseurs Illustration composée d'un portrait de Ferdinand de Lesseps lithographié d'après une photographie de Pierre Petit, d'une carte lithographiée en couleurs et de vingt-cinq planches dessinées par Riou et lithographiées en couleurs par Cicéri, Morel-Fatio et Jules Didier.
1859réf. RO40087175GIDE ET CIE. 1855-1859. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Mouillures. 355 Pages + 1 carte dépliante. Titre doré sur pièce de titre verte. Relié Dos toilé /papier à la cuve. Ouvrage de bibliothèque avec code collé sur le dos, annotation et petit tampon en page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 962-Egypte et Soudan
GIDE ET CIE. 1855-1859. In-4 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Mouillures. 355 Pages + 1 carte dépliante. Titre doré sur pièce de titre verte. Relié Dos toilé /papier à la cuve. Ouvrage de bibliothèque avec code collé sur le dos, annotation et petit tampon en page de titre. Histoire, géographie, épigraphe publié sous les auspices de S.E.M Le ministre de l'instruction publiques et des cultes.
1881réf. 19499Wandsbeck: Seitz 1881. 24 farb. Chromolith. auf Karton montiert jeweils mit rundem Blindstempel und mont. Titelschild unten rechts. Unterschiedl. Bildformate von 40x29 cm bis 30x18 cm. Papierformat quer: 46x60 cm. Zu jeder Tafel 1 Bl. m. erläuterndem Text. 1 Bl. Vorwort, 1 Bl. ??Seiner kaiserlichen und königlichen Hoheit dem Kronprinzen von Preussen Friedrich Wilhelm in tiefster Ehrfurcht unterthänigst gewidmet von Gustav Seitz??. Blätter und Tafeln lose in Orig. Kart.-Mappen.
1847réf. 26557London: 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 24" x 17" the captioned image is 19" x 12.75" 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. 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
1847réf. 26862London: 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. 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. 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
1848réf. 26556London: 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. 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
1790réf. 21377ABEdinburgh, Printed by J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London, 1790. 4to. With 5 engr. title-vignettes, engr. coat-of-arms, 55 engr. plates, 3 engr. fold. maps, 3 engr. plans and 4 leaves with Ethiopian text. Contemp. full calf with label, gilt.
1674réf. PHO-2032Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674. in-4 (228x164) , relié plein veau , filets sur les plats , dos à nerfs orné avec titre , auteur et date (reliure pastiche),tranches rouge. L'ouvrage est illustré de 12 planches hors texte, une carte de l'Éthiopie dans le texte, trois cartes dépliantes (Barbades, Jamaïque et Virginie, Maryland et la Nouvelle-Angleterre) manque la carte du Nil, mouillures, déchirure et réparation au pli (carte des Barbardes)
1922Folio. Comprising of 6 pages of text and 142 single-sheet plates, all printed in fine collotype, some in colour. Placed in original portfolio, cloth and printed boards, with ties; minor signs of use on boards. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
3 works bound in 5 volumes. Royal quarto. Various paginations, Illustrated. Hardcover, uniformly bound in three-quarters calf and matching boards, spines gilt. In fine condition. ~ First edition. The Egyptian Deserts (1942-1952): I. The Necropolis of el-Bagawat in Kharga Oasis; II. The Inscriptions of the Amethyst Quarries at Wadi el Hudi; III. Siwa Oasis; IV. Baharia Oasis, I-II.
Three volumes bound in one. Imperial folio (elephant). Pp. ii, plus 67 plates; II: ii, plus 52 plates; III: ii, 42, plus 42 plates. Many of the plates are folding. Hardcover, bound in half calf and pebbled boards, patterned endpapers; corners rubbed. Backstrip gone, but the interior of the book is in a supereb condition and all the plates, including the many folding ones, are rather crisp. Binding is very solid, the cloth inner hinges are perfect, and the gatherings tight. ~ First edition. Very rare complete set of the first three volumes of this outstanding work. [Provenance:] From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts (1939-2018). Beinlich-Seeber 9902.
1846réf. 26865London: 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 17" the captioned image is 20" 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 the northern portico of one of the best preserved temples in Egypt at a time when most of the portico was still buried beneath shifting desert sand. Three winged sun disc are visible above the opening the lower of which is brightly painted. The temple dedicated to the falcon god Horus was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC. A group of brightly dressed visitors appearing tiny between the massive columns lend an excellent sense of scale to this fine image. 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. 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
réf. 2112323Loose original gelatin silver photos measuring c. 11 x 16 cm mounted on card measuring c. 20 x 27. All photos with period pencil or ink captions in French on recto or verso of the mounts; most photos with period ink or pencil numbers on the mounts; two photos dated ""1905"" on the mounts. Several images mildly faded or with mild silvering several mounts with minor creases small tears or chipping on the extremities but overall a very good collection of interesting and unusual photos.Original large vernacular not commercial as more often encountered photos of Egypt taken by a French traveller in the early 20th century. Unlike most collections of Egyptian travel photos from this period these ones don't cover ancient temples and sites but instead focus on the life of contemporary Arabic Egypt. An unusual collection showing everyday life of Egypt with evocative street scenes in the early 20th century.Twenty-one photos depict Cairo and environs showing the Nile with feluccas and buildings on the banks narrow streets and shops of old Cairo the gate to the Delta Barrage Al-Rifa'I Mosque mausoleums and tombs of the Mamluks in Cairo Necropolis mud-brick buildings in Cairo environs and scenes with the local people. Four photos show native mud-brick houses in Memphis and local people; two photos depict Muslim inhabitants of Ismailia and their huts made of dried grass. Eight depict the beach at Attaka modern-day Suez Governorate of Egypt the Red Sea and steamers coming in or out of the Suez Canal and a native camel rider portrayed near Attaka. unknown
1847réf. 26863London: 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 the Ramesseum near Luxor the funeral temple of Ramses II. Prominent in the view is the huge fallen Ozymandias colossus which if not broken would rival the Colossi of Memnon. Colourfully dressed visitors stand near the Colossus while others stand in the foreground. The Osirid statues and what is commonly referred to as "the other head" are also in the view. 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. 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
1846réf. 26864London: 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. 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. 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
1846réf. 26562London: 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. 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. 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
Four volumes. Elephant folios. A splendid set. Volume I: Pp. xix, plus 78 plates; Volume II: Pp. xi, plus 47 plates. Each volume with frontispiece and a leaf of plans. Many plates are double-page, some folding. Both volumes I+II are oversized hardcover (60x49 cm), uniformly bound in the original publisher's duo-colour cloth and are in fine condition with crisp interior. Volume III: Pp. xiv, plus 23 large single-sheet plates, mostly folding (ca. 50x80 cm), including Key Plan and 2 larger fold-outs. Placed in the original duo colour cloth backed portfolio with ties, corners slightly rubbed. In a very good condition and with fine interior; Volume IV: Comprising of Text Volume, Pp. xxiv, 166; and of 50 large single-sheet plates, many folding. Book and plates are placed in original luxe portfolio (49x39 cm), bound in duo-colour cloth with braided ties. In mint condition, practically new. ~ First edition. Oriental Institute Publications, published by The University of Chicago Press. Volume I is OIP XXV, published 1936; Volume II is OIP XXXV, published 1936; Volume III is OIP LXXIV, published 1954; Volume IV is OIP CVII, published 1986. An outstanding production. Harold Hayden Nelson (1878-1954). Beinlich-Seeber 16605.
1940réf. ABC_484251940. Contemporary embossed brown calf with flowers on the front and back board and an aluminium view of David's Tower and Jerusalem's old city wall embedded in the front board. Oblong album 30 x 20 cm. With 128 gelatin silver prints most ca. 6.5 x 9.5 cm. Beautiful album with 128 photographs of Egypt and Palestine present day Israel and the West Bank during the British Mandate. It was likely compiled by a British soldier who was stationed in the Middle East during the 1940s. Some of the photographs are numbered in the negative and may have been made by important photographers active in the area at the time like G. Eric Matson and his wife Edith the founders of the Matson Photo Service. The images show Cairo and various locations in Palestine including Jerusalem Bethlehem Nazareth Tiberias Sea of Galilee Nathanya Tel Aviv the Jordan river Haifa Beirut and the Dead Sea. Other than important locations like churches and gates the photographs also show many locals including for example street barbers in Cairo shepherds and farmers in Palestine and beautifully dressed women in Haifa. In the back of the work a few dried leaves from local plants have been mounted namely orange lemon fig eucalyptus grapevine and mulberry. The eucalyptus leaf still retains some of its scent.The edges and vorners of the boards are somewhat scuffed with some loss of material at the head and foot of the spine and around the edges of the embedded aluminium plate. The photographs mounted on the inside of the front board are slightly stained the fig leaf mounted on one of the final pages is damaged and the cyprus leaf is missing. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
réf. 7819manuscrit sans date (début XVIIIe), reliure plein veau d'époque, dos à 5 nerfs, titres et fleurons dorés, roulette dorées sur chasses et champs, tranches rouges, 19,5x24 cm, pagination par feuilles, TOME I, partie 2 (251 à 474) : Histoire d'Egypte, 216 pages( 251 à 358) ; Histoire des Patriarches, 228 pages (359 à 472), table de l'histoire des Patriarches jusqu'à l'exode, 4 pages (473-474). TOME II, partie 1 (1 à 291) : Histoire de l'ancienne Grèce, 70 pages (2 à 36) ; Histoire d'Argos, 76 pages (37 à74) ; Histoire d'Athènes, 274 pages, (75 à 211) ; Histoire de Thèbes, 154 pages (215 à 291). TOME II, partie 2 (293 à 557) : Histoire de Lacedemone, d'Arcadie et de Troye en particulier : Histoire de Lacedemone, 48 pages (293 à 316), Histoire d'Arcadie, 10 pages (317 à 321), Histoire de Troye, 70 pages (323 à 357) ; Histoire de l'ancienne Italie, 154 pages (360 à 436) ; Histoire ancienne de la Sicile, 62 pages (437 à 467) ; Histoire ancienne de l'Affrique, des Isles de la mer méditeranée et des parties de l'Europe qui confinent à l'océan : Histoire ancienne de l'Affrique, 28 pages (469 à 482), Histoire ancienne de l'Espagne, 60 pages (483 à 512), Histoire ancienne de la Sardaigne, 8 pages (513 à 517), Histoire ancienne de la Corse, 3 pages (518 à 519), Histoire ancienne des Isles Baleaires, Majorique, Minorique et Irique, 2 pages (520), Histoire ancienne de l'Isle de Malthe, 3 pages (521 à 522) , Histoire ancienne de l'Europe, 12 pages (523 à 533) ; Histoire ancienne de la gaule, 30 pages (534 à548) ; Histoire ancienne de l'Angleterre, 16 pages (549 à 557).
1790réf. GITk827Paris Hôtel de Thou 1790-1791, A Paris chez Plassan 1791, A Paris chez Plassan 1792 (atlas). 5 volumes in-4 et 1 atlas in-4. *TOME I: VIII (dédicace au Roi d'Angleterre) LXXXIII (introduction) 620pp; 1 vignette sur le titre, 15 planches dont 7 de vocabulaire de diverses langues africaines; 1 carte dépliante. *TOME II: 784pp; 1 vignette sur le titre, 1 carte dépliante *TOME III: 858pp; 1 vignette sur le titre, 4 planches *TOME IV: 752pp; 1 vignette sur le titre, 3 planches *TOME V: 328pp (fin du voyage de Bruce); CLXIIIpp (voyages de Paterson) *ATLAS: 2 feuillets non chiffrés titre et table des planches; 62 planches numérotées 1 à 43, puis 1 à 19; 2 cartes dépliantes. Veau blond moucheté, dos à nerfs orné de compartiments à fleurettes et volutes dorées, pièce de titre havane et de tomaison bleu nuit, tranches brique, reliure de l'époque. Les pages 145 à 160 du Tome IV ont été reliées entre les pages 136 et 137 de ce volume. Chadenat 1062. Gay 44. Graesse 551. BEL EXEMPLAIRE FRAIS ET BIEN RELIE collationné complet de son texte, de ses 84 planches et de ses 4 cartes.
réf. PF76Album 1: Oblong Folio ca. 22x315 cm or 8 ¾ x 12 ¼ in. 24 card stock leaves with tissue guards. With 50 mounted original gelatin silver photos including 46 large images from ca. 165x23 cm 6 ½ x 9 in to ca. 14x21 cm 5 ½ x 8 ¼ in and four smaller photos ca. 7x135 cm 2 ¾ x 5 ¼ in. All but six photo with period ink captions on the mounts; three images are also dated “Nov. 26” “1926” or “May 1927.” Period full patterned cloth album fastened with a string with two decorative beads. Front cover slightly waved several tissued guards with minor creases one with a small loss on the bottom but overall a very good album with strong interesting photos. Album 2: Oblong Folio ca. 21x305 cm or 8 ¼ x 12 in. 14 card stock leaves. With 27 mounted original large gelatin silver photos from ca. 18x24 cm 7 x 9 ½ in to ca. 16x215 cm 6 ¼ x 8 ½ in. Four images are captioned in negative three – on the lower margin; twenty-three with period ink captions on the mounts. With a mounted ink drawing paper size ca. 17x265 cm 6 ¾ x 10 ½ in. Period grey card album fastened with a string; blind-stamped decorative vignette on the front cover. Covers with creases and minor tears on extremities two photos with minor creases or folds on the corners but overall a very good album with interesting strong photos. Historically significant extensive collection of large original gelatin silver photos of British military planes and RAF bases at Abu Sueir modern-day Abu Suweir Air Base of the Egyptian Air Force and Aboukir near Alexandria now defunct dating back to the 1920s. Apparently taken or collected by a British pilot during his service in Egypt the albums contain interesting images of aircraft and airfields as well as a series of aerial views of Egyptian cities and sites. The slightly larger album contains about a dozen photos of military and civil aircraft: “the Air Mail landing at Abu-Sueir” “a patrol returning” “208 A.C. squadron Ismailia” “’C’ flight in formation” “one of the Fairey III Ds 1926 Cape Flight at Abu Sueir” “a French “Breguet XIX” at Abu-Sueir” “the first Imperial Airways “Hercules” to fly from London to Baghdad passing over near Abu Sueir” “the renowned “Ninak” a D.H.9 A. with full desert equipment.” Three images depict crashed planes: “an ‘F’ flight performance” “Abou-Sueir/ Nov. ’26” “a pupil’s effort Abu Sueir.” There are also two scenes of “funeral of P/o Hawker” in “Abu Sueir 1926” and a photo of “the Air Vice-Marshal’s inspection Aboukir May 1927.” About sixteen images show the environs of the air base – the town of Abou Sueir/Abu Suweir and nearby Sweet Water Canal “the Canal – Abou-Sueir” “Sweetwater Canal” “Nefiche near A. Sueir” “the ferry – Abu Sueir” Ismailia “native quarter” “Avenue Mohamed Ali” “Suez Canal – Ismailia” Lake Timsah with native boats &c. Four smaller photos also show Ismailia general view “Avenue Mohamed Ali” “Rue Negrelli” “the armoured train Moascar/Ismailia”. The rest of the photos show Port Said port and customs house Cairo interiors of Muhammad Ali mosque and of the Egyptian Museum rooftop panorama of “old Cairo” Alexandria an aerial view of “Alexandria sporting club ground & race course” two views of the “Municipal gardens” “native quarter” a scene with Muslims praying at a “native temple” portraits of Bedouins Nubian women a native cook near an outdoor fire &c. There are also four interesting photos showing the Great Sphinx of Giza during the excavation and restoration under the supervision of Emile Baraize lasted from 1925 to 1936. The images show the Sphinx before the excavations and under repair – with scaffolding around the head and on the side. The smaller album contains twelve excellent aerial views: “the Nile barrage” “Bulkeley – the English colony of Alexandria” “King Fuad’s Palace at Montaza nr. Aboukir” “Church of St. Sophia – Cairo” “the Mauretania in Alexandria harbour” “Aboukir from the north” “Aboukir village from the south” “a Vickers Vernon over Damanhour” “Alexandria sporting club ground” “Ras-el-Tin hospital barracks Alexandria” “Mena and the Sphinx from the air” “a general view of Alexandria.” There are also interesting photos of British military aircraft Vickers Victoria freighter and troop transport plane “a Fairey III D” in flight over Malta “a Fairey “Flycatcher” over Malta harbour” two scenes of “A.O.C.’s inspection” in 1927 likely Air Officer Commanding and a photo of “H.M.S. “Malaya” at Alexandria.” Other images show illumination on Alexandria streets “on the return of King Fuad from England” likely after the state visit in July 1927 “Cairo from the Sultan Hussein’s mosque” “one of the exhibits at Cairo museum models found while excavating” “The Collussii sic! of Memnon at Thebes the Luxor” and “a photograph taken from the top of the largest Pyramid.” The album also contains three views of Jerusalem “the Garden of Gethsemane” the interior of “the Church of the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane” and the Garden Tomb. Overall a nice collection of large original photos of RAF aircraft and bases as well as aerial photographs of Egypt in the 1920s. hardcover
1846réf. 26518London: 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 23.25" x 16.25" the captioned image is 19.75" x 13.75" now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-painted 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. 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
16 volumes bound in four. Crown quarto. Pp. vi, 313; vi, 315-624; vi, 625-936; vi, 937-1226. Hardcover, three volumes uniformly bound in burgundy half cloth, rubbed, two volumes spine-end worn; fourth volume rebound to match in nice three-quarters burgundy cloth and marbled boards; contemporary signature to each title. In a very good condition. ~ First edition, 1906-1909. Some of the volumes occasionally with light marginal annotations in pencil or light pen, few cases within the text, all in the characteristic neat hand of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman te Velde, from whose library this set comes. Kurt Heinrich Sethe (1869-1934). Beinlich-Seeber 18528.
