Egypt | 2 albums of photographs, 1893

Egypt

Album of 158 photographs of Egypt. 1893

2 volumes, 4to (272 x 219mm.), 158 photographs (110 x 680mm., or reverse), mounted on thick card recto and verso, manuscript captions in French, contemporary green morocco backed boards, spines gilt, some fading, extremities of binding rubbed

A good collection of photographs of Egypt including scenes of everyday life, urban scenes, natural features, architecture, monuments around Egypt, including Alexandria, Cairo, Nile, Giza, Memphis, Saqqara, Beni Hasan, Luxor, Karnak, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, Medinet Habu, and Kom Ombo.