‎BONFILS Félix -ZANGAKI - ABDULLAH Frères - Hipp. ARNOUX - BEATO - LEKEGIAN - SÉBAH ( photographers of Egypt ) :‎
‎Very large composite travel album with 56 original photographs (albumine prints) of Egypt. (Suez Canal - Egyptian Temples ...etc.)‎

‎ Egypt, 1898 (year on spine)s. in -folio album 46 x 39 cm, bound in claret coloured quarter morocco, marbled endpapers., Contains 56 cardboard-mounted original photographs. Size approx. 200 x 280 mm. 18 of the photographs are signed by Zangaki, 4 by Sébah, 5 by Legekian, 6 by Bonfils, 3 by Beato, 3 by Arnoux and 1 by Abdoullah. Most are numbered and with a title caption in the negative. Two unsigned pictures seem to be of a much earlier date. A complete list of the pictures, with photo number and title captions, in format Excell, can be had upon e-mail request (we don't send pictures, but of the outside of the album). The photographs don't show any fading or soiling. The album with the photographs is in near pristine state. Most of these albums were bound in the oblong format. An in-folio album in this size and this fine condition is very rare. We calculate an approx. price of 80 Euro per picture. The pictures show a variety of views : the Canal of Suez , with identified ships, Port Said, the piramides, the Sphinx, Abou Simbel, Alexandria, Karnak, crocodile hunting..... A complete list of the pictures, with photo number and title captions, in format Excell, can be had upon e-mail request . The listed price is for the complete album.‎

Reference : 55571

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