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an old black and white photo of a man sitting in front of a casketan old photo of a statue of a man with a helmet onan old black and white photo of a group of egyptian statuesan old black and white photo of a statue of an egyptian womanan old black and white photo of a statue of a man with a canean old photo of a menorah with candles on itan old black and white photo of a stone with writing on itan old photo of a truck with a lot of stuff on itan old photo of a group of statues in front of a wallan old black and white photo of a group of egyptian statuesa black and white photo of a display of decorative objectsblack and white photograph of three busts and a bust of a manan old black and white photo of a stone with writing on itan old photo of a table with a lot of objects on itan old photo of a statue of a woman standing in front of a buildingan old photo of a jewelry display in a museuman old photo of a collection of vases and potteryan old black and white photo of three egyptian stele paintingsa black and white photo of a stone block with writing on itan old photo of a picture of a picture of a man and a womanan old black and white photo of a tombstone with a cross on itan old photo of a group of vases and statues in front of a building
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91 - [ARCHAEOLOGY. PHOTOGRAPHY].– DÉLIÉ (Hippolyte), BÉCHARD (Émi…
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[ARCHAEOLOGY. PHOTOGRAPHY].– DÉLIÉ (Hippolyte), BÉCHARD (Émile) A collection of 22 original albumen prints for the Boulaq Museum album. A fine collection of 22 photographic plates taken from the famous Boulaq Museum Album. These photographs are taken from the volume published in Cairo in 1872, which contained 40 plates. This volume constitutes the first catalogue of the first Egyptian museum, founded by Auguste Mariette-Bey at the request of Pasha Mohammed Saïd, who was concerned about the fate of the Egyptian antiquities that had been unearthed. The text was written by Auguste Mariette-Bey. – Wooden sarcophagus (19.4 x 23 cm), plate 15. – Possible head of Menephtah, son of Ramses II (20 x 13.7 cm), plate 34. – Possible stone statue of Psammetechos’s wife (23.1 x 17.4 cm), plate 35. – Egyptian pantheon (18 x 23.3 cm), plate 5. – Wooden statue from Sheik el-Beled (2 photographs, approx. 22 x 9.7 cm), plate 19. – Jewellery (19 x 24 cm), plate 29. – Funerary stele in bas-relief (24 x 17.5 cm), plate 13. – Miscellaneous objects made of wood, linen, pottery, etc. (17.3 x 25 cm), plate 15. – Set of limestone sculptures (18.2 x 25.6 cm), plate 20. – Stone statues and sculptures (23.2 x 17.3 cm), plate 25. – Silver bowls (24 x 18.2 cm), plate 22. – Three Greco-Roman heads and one bust (24 x 18.3 cm), plate 39. – Funerary stele in bas-relief on limestone (18.5 x 24 cm), plate 28. – Set of scarab amulets (23 x 17.5 cm), plate 16. – Greco-Roman statue of a lady of the period in white marble (24 x 18.3 cm), plate 38. – Greco-Roman jewellery (24 x 18.3 cm), plate 40. – Various types of vases (19.4 x 25 cm), plate 21. – Wooden funerary monuments in bas-relief (19.4 x 25 cm), plate 12. – False statue of Cheops (23.2 x 17.2 cm), plate 27. – Models of bas-relief sculptures (17.3 x 23.1 cm), plate 24. – Stele of Thutmose III (23.1 x 15.6 cm), plate 32. Water stain in the top right-hand corner of the card, without affecting the photographic print. – Funerary stelae in bas-relief (18.3 x 24 cm), plate 11. Water stain on the left-hand edge of the card, without affecting the photographic print. Beautiful, high-contrast prints. The albumen prints are mounted on card, with the plate number printed on the reverse; 5 plates are accompanied by their printed, cut-out captions. Slight foxing. Provenance: Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins.
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About the sale Books, Manuscripts & Antique Engravings, including the José Luis Dotti Library
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