'Voyage en Egypte & Nubie A.B', 1870s-80s

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HENRI BECHARD
'Voyage en Egypte & Nubie A.B', 1870s-80s
Album of 100 albumen prints, each approx. 11 x 15¼ in., titled, numbered and signed in the negatives, mounted back-to-back, half brown leather, titled in gilt on front cover, titled 2me Serie in gilt on spine, 17 x 22¾ in.

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Lot Essay

A comprehensive selection of images comprising temple studies, a pottery, river scenes, palm trees, the well at Sakieh, pyramids and tombs at Saqqarah, details of heiroglyphs, tourists climbing the pyramids at Gizeh, the Sphinx, views and architectural studies in and around Cairo including crowds at a religious festival and several street scenes.

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