Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 58

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(EGYPT)
Album entitled "Egypten," with approximately 40 historical photographs of ancient ruins and religious edifices, among them the Sphinx, pyramid at Cheops, views of Karnack, mosques and tombs of the Califs in Cairo, the Colossi, Medinet-Abu, Philae, Abu-Simbel, and much more. With 21 by Beato, 13 by Sébah, and the remaining prints by uncredited photographers. Albumen prints, 10 1/2x14 inches (26.7x35.6 cm.), many with the photographer's credit and caption in the negative or a handwritten caption, in pencil, below the print. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered green morocco, worn. 1880s