Lot 66
G. Ebers, Aegypten in Bild und Wort. 2 Vol. Stuttgart a. Leipzig 1879-80.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
66
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Georg Ebers
Ebers, Georg: Aegypten in Bild und Wort. Dargestellt von unseren ersten Künstlern. 2 Vol. Stuttgart and Leipzig: Hallberger 1879-80. 37,6 x 30 cm. With 2 colour plates, a frontispiece and numerous full-page woodcuts in the text and on 116 plates. 4 leaves, VI, 387 pp.; XII, 432 pp. Original half-leather with rich gold and blind embossing, as well as small decorative pearls on the front covers. Gold-edged.
(Slightly scuffed and battered; 5 of the 14 decorative pearls on the first volume are missing. Some areas show slight damp and age-related staining.)
Kainbacher 111. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 205. Rümann 144. - A lavishly illustrated masterpiece on Egypt. It features cityscapes and landscapes, antiquities, traditional costumes and genre scenes from both ancient and modern Egypt.
(Slightly scuffed and battered; 5 of the 14 decorative pearls on the first volume are missing. Some areas show slight damp and age-related staining.)
Kainbacher 111. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 205. Rümann 144. - A lavishly illustrated masterpiece on Egypt. It features cityscapes and landscapes, antiquities, traditional costumes and genre scenes from both ancient and modern Egypt.