L'Egitto Antico E Moderno Illustrato Dai Primarii Artisti (Ancient and Modern Egypt Illustrated by Leading Artists)
Milan: Tipografia Editrice Lombarda, 1879. Hardcover. Folio. 395, 450pp. Rebound in three-quarter burgundy leather over black pebbled leather with gilt lettering on spines; raised bands. Title page printed in red and black with publisher's device. Frontispiece map in color and engraved portrait. Decorative and historiated headpieces, decorative endpieces and initials. With two color maps of Lower and Upper Egypt. Fully illustrated by magnificent detailed woodblock engravings depicting luscious landscapes, monuments, portraits, costumes and interiors common in ancient and modern Egypt. Text in Italian. Light wear along edges and light scuffing at brown leather and raised bands. Few of the pages in volume one with tears, in part reinforced with tape; pages 95 to 98 with two and a half inch piece missing in margins, not affecting text or images. Page 243/44 with paper torn off at lower margin. Pages 295 to 298 with fraying at foredge and small tears, not affecting text or images. Some sporadic water staining in margins of first volume. Volume two in good condition. Good- to very good condition. Item #50960
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