16th Jul, 2026 11:00
An album of 76 albumen prints, image size 20.5 x26cm (smallest) to 22.28.5cm (largest), pasted on album pages recto/verso, overall measuring 31.5 x45cm, most titled, and signed in the negative. Photographers include Pascal Sébah (1823–1886), Zangaki Brothers (active 1860s-1890s), Abdullah Frères (active 1856-1908), Antonio Beato (c. 1835–1906), and Hippolyte Arnoux (active c.1860-1890). Subjects include images of ancient Egyptian ruins and the Obelisk of Thutmose I, Kranak Temple Complex, Luxor; general views of Philae; the Grand Colonnade, Luxor Temple; sculptures and bas-reliefs from Ancient Egypt, portraying Cleopatra, the Pharaoh Khafre (Chephren), gods and goddesses; the Great Sphinx, Giza, featuring tourists posed around the monument; The Giza Pyramids; the Pylon of the Temple of Horus, Edfu; general views and street views of Cairo, showing the Mosque of Muhammad Ali; Suq al-Silah street, with the Mosque of Mamluk Amir Iljay al-Yusufi; Bab al-Bahr street; ships passing the Suez Canal; a group of people on the way to the pyramids; women drawing water from the Nile near Cairo; among others.
Housed in red morocco leather boards.
Sold for £1,512
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