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SOUVENIRS D'EGYPTE.
by BIDA, Alexandre (1823-1895) & BARBOT, E. (1798-1878).:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris, Lemercier, circa 1850.. FIRST EDITION circa 1850, folio approximately 460 x 360 mm, 18 x 14 inches, lithographed pictorial title, 24 full page sepia lithographs on heavy paper, captioned in French, Arabic and English; no text, 12 costume plates by Bida and 12 plates of views by Barbot, rebound in modern half blue calf, marbled covers, black gilt lettered title label, gilt decoration to raised bands, marbled endpapers. Trimmed copy, all plates have pale foxing, slightly heavy on a few plates,1 plate has a pale pink tinge to margins (see image), all plates mounted on cloth tabs very good restored copy. See: Rene Colas, Bibliographie Generale du Costume et de la Mode, page 110, No. 326; Bibliography of Costume by Hilaire and Meyer Hiler, page 89. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47871
- Title
- SOUVENIRS D'EGYPTE.
- Author
- BIDA, Alexandre (1823-1895) & BARBOT, E. (1798-1878).:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Paris, Lemercier, circa 1850.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- egypt middle east lithographs travel costume lithographs views arabia Egyptian
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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