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BEATO, ANTONIO (c. 1825-1906) "Vue de la Nubie et de la Haute Égypte. Vol. I & Vol. II."
BEATO, ANTONIO (c. 1825-1906)
"Vue de la Nubie et de la Haute Égypte. Vol. I & Vol. II." Together, 2 albums containing a total of 195 photographs, comprising 110 in the first and 85 in the second. Albumen prints, tipped to the original mounts, 11x14 inches (27.9x35.5 cm.), many with Beato''s signature in the negative and penciled captions on verso, and all with inventory numbers and handwritten captions on mount recto. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered cloth, front and rear covers worn. Circa 1875
"Vue de la Nubie et de la Haute Égypte. Vol. I & Vol. II." Together, 2 albums containing a total of 195 photographs, comprising 110 in the first and 85 in the second. Albumen prints, tipped to the original mounts, 11x14 inches (27.9x35.5 cm.), many with Beato''s signature in the negative and penciled captions on verso, and all with inventory numbers and handwritten captions on mount recto. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered cloth, front and rear covers worn. Circa 1875
- Notes: A handsome survey of Nubia and Egypt focusing on prehistoric ruins, with many detailed studies of hieroglyphs as well as topographic and ethnographic views, all in medium-format. Sites include: Temple of Isis, Abydos, Abu Simbel, Philae, Assouan, Edfour, Luxor, Medinet Habout, The Colossus of Memnon, the Temple of Denderah, the Sphinx, Pyramid de Cheops, interior pictures of the Temple of Colonades, the Ziggurat, Tomb of Naklit, Temple of Gournak, and more.
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