Lot Essay
Lacking plate one, 'The Largest of the Cedars of Lebanon'.
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Egypt and Palestine, Vol II, London: James S. Virtue [1859]
Details
FRANCIS FRITH
Egypt and Palestine, Vol II, London: James S. Virtue [1859]
With thirty-eight (of thirty-nine) albumen prints, each approx. 6¼ x 8¾ in. or the reverse, the majority signed and dated 1857 in the negatives, title and photographer's credit and date on mounts, descriptive text, contents, title page, ex-libris label inside front cover, half green leather (badly rubbed), g.e., 17¾ x 13¼ in.
Egypt and Palestine, Vol II, London: James S. Virtue [1859]
With thirty-eight (of thirty-nine) albumen prints, each approx. 6¼ x 8¾ in. or the reverse, the majority signed and dated 1857 in the negatives, title and photographer's credit and date on mounts, descriptive text, contents, title page, ex-libris label inside front cover, half green leather (badly rubbed), g.e., 17¾ x 13¼ in.
Literature
Gernsheim, Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 1839 - 1879, p. 26, no. 88