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an old picture of a painting of a pyramid with a sphinx in the backgrounda book with a gold and blue cover sitting on top of a table
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Estimate €600 - €900
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Egypt Werner, Karl Le Nil. Twenty-four watercolours from life. With 24 chromolithographic plates and 1 map. Text by A.-E. Brehm and J. Dumichen. Paris, Lévy, 1882. 97 pp., 1 leaf. Small folio. Original leather binding with rich oriental decoration on the front cover and spine in black, blue and gold, and three-sided gilt edging (joints, edges and corners scuffed). Rare first French edition of this fine work. – Cf. Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 324 – Kainbacher I, 145 – Blackmer II, 1509 (all refer only to the German or English editions). - Karl Werner, one of the most significant and avidly travelling watercolourists of his time, travelled through Egypt in 1864 and, following the Nile, ventured beyond the First Cataract into Nubia. The magnificent chromolithographs depicting views of and from Cairo, Giza, Luxor and Karnak, as well as the decorative scenes featuring a bazaar, coffee house, money changer, barber etc., are based on the watercolours produced during this journey. Egypt. – Rare first French edition of this beautiful work. – With 24 chromolithographic plates and 1 map. – Original cloth binding, lavish oriental decoration on the spine and boards in black, blue and gilt (corner wear).
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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