Egypt | Album of photographs, early twentieth-century

Egypt

Album of 44 photographs of ancient Egyptian monuments titled Bords du Nil et Haute-Égypte. c.1890s

Oblong folio (360 x 495mm.), 44 albumen prints (243 x 380mm., or the reverse), individually mounted on card recto only, manuscript captions in French, green half morocco gilt, gilt title to upper cover, some water damages, binding worn

The photographs depict ancient Egyptian excavation sites, architecture, art and monuments.