Live auction - Lot 786
Photo album of Egypt.
Subject: [Egypt]
€ 120 / 200
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Lot description
Late 19th c
210 albumen prints, b/w, 7,8 x 10,3 cm, pasted in, no captions.
Contemp. half black leather with corners, cloth on covers (corners and spine def.).
Album of a journey through Egypt with market scenes, views on a harbour and fishing boats, a public garden, a courtyard of a mosque, pyramids and sphinxes, travelers on camelback, ruins of ancient palaces and temples, remnants of hieroglyphs, some portraits of European visitors with sunshades, ruins of an ancient amphitheatre, cruisers and cruise ships, a snake charmer etc. Interesting from a historical point of view.