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BEATO, ANTOINE; and BONFILS, FELICE Select group of 82 photographs of sites and scenic views in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon, comprising 49 by beato of the Temple of Isis (Philae), Obelisk, Statue of Ramses II and other colossal statues at Luxor, the Tombs at Beni hassan, Pompey's Pillar (Alexandria), Temple of Denderah, the Temples of Esneh and Edou, and Temple and Leaning Column (Karnak), and the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings, the Second Hypostyle Hall and Ramesseum (Thebes), and 33 by bonfils of Baalbek, Shtoura, Cedars of Lebanon, Damascus, and Palestine. Albumen prints, 8 1/4x10 1/4 inches (21x26), and the reverse, most mounted recto/verso, many with the photographer's credit in the negative and a handwritten caption on mount recto. 1860s-1870s
