Live auction - Lot 531
[Africa - Egypt]
Voyage en Égypte, en Nubie dans les déserts de Beyouda, des Bicharys, et sur les côtes de la Mer Rouge.
Paris, Desessart, 1846
Hammer price: €
320
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
2 vol., 8vo; 1 map (foxing, sometimes extensive).
Contemp. half green sheep, marbled paper boards, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, brown spr. edges (spines faded).
Rare first edition of the account of the travel made in 1833-1834 by the author, explorator and Vice-Consul of France (1812-1848) from Cairo to Dongola, and then to El Qoseir. Illustrated with a fold. map.
Ref. Blackmer 385. - Chadenat 3177.
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