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painting of a boat in a body of water with a building in the backgroundan old book with a red cover sitting on top of a white tablean old book with a black and white title on itan open book with a map of the world on itpainting of a group of people riding camels down a dirt roadpainting of a castle on a hill with a horse drawn carriage in the foregroundpainting of the great sphinx and pyramids of giza in egyptpainting of a group of people sitting in a room with a dogpainting of a man riding a camel in front of a group of peoplepainting of a man sitting in a gazebo with a cat on the ground
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318 - Egypt – WERNER (Carl Friedrich). The Nile. Twenty-four water…
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Estimate €700 - €800
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Egypt – WERNER (Carl Friedrich). The Nile. Twenty-four watercolours from life. Paris, A. Lévy, 1882. Folio, comprising (2) folios, 97-(1 blank)-(2) pages; red morocco-bound half-basane with corner caps, decorated ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed (contemporary binding). The volume is illustrated with a map and 24 magnificent colour plates, with captions for the scenes, based on the watercolours painted on site by Carl Friedrich Werner. A pupil of Schnorr at the Leipzig Academy, Werner spent twenty years in Italy before travelling to Spain, where he painted the Alhambra in Granada. From 1862 to 1867, he travelled to the East, touring Egypt, Syria and Palestine, from where he brought back numerous sketches. As a non-Muslim, he had the privilege of being able to make sketches inside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. In 1867, he undertook a further journey specifically to the countries of the Nile. The explanatory text is by Alfred Edmund Brehm and Johannes Dumichen. A very fine copy on laid paper, free from foxing.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 1 of 4 – Nos. 1 to 549
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Auction time 08/19/2026 at 11:00 AM
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