Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia : illustrated by one hundred stereoscopic photographs / taken by Francis Frith ; with descriptions and numerous wood engravings by Joseph Bonomi and notes by Samuel Sharpe.
Bound volume
Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia : illustrated by one hundred stereoscopic photographs / taken by Francis Frith ; with descriptions and numerous wood engravings by Joseph Bonomi and notes by Samuel Sharpe.
1862
Disbound volume with albumen silver prints and wood engravings
Overall (closed): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (23.9 × 19.1 × 6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Alden Scott Boyer, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
1997.0936.0001-0100
DescriptionDisbound album with one hundred stereoscopic albumen silver prints. Covers and spine are detached with spine mostly missing, purple-blue cloth on front and back covers decorated with floral and ibis designs, with gilt on front cover only, with plain yellow endpapers. Wood engravings by Joseph Bonomi, and notes by Samuel Sharpe.
Inscriptions Debossed in gilt on front cover, C: EGYPT \ NUBIA \ AND \ ETHIOPIA \ ILLUSTRATED
Debossed in gilt on spine fragment, C: T NUBIA \ ETHIOPIA
Inscribed in pencil on applied label on inside front cover, TR: compl. [?] \ rw
Printed on applied label on inside front cover, C: IN MEA MANU MANEAT \ Ex Libris \ E. MacDowel Cosgrave, M.D. \ KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF St. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. \ 5, GARDINERS ROW DUBLIN \ 1898.
Inscribed in ink on first page, C: E MacDowel Cosgrave M.D. \ X-Mas 1881 \ From S[?]. R. F.
Printed on title page, C: EGYPT, NUBIA, \ AND \ ETHIOPIA. \ ILLUSTRATED BY ONE HUNDRED STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHS, \ TAKEN BY \ FRANCIS FRITH for Messrs. NEGRETTI and ZAMBRA; \ WITH DESCRIPTIONS \ AND NUMEROUS WOOD ENGRAVINGS, \ By JOSEPH BONOMI, F.R.S.L., author of "Nineveh and its Palaces;" \ AND NOTES \ By Samuel Sharpe, author of "The History of Egypt." \ LONDON: \ SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. \ M.DCCC.LXII. \ 1862 [in red pencil]
Debossed on back cover, C: EGYPT \ NUBIA \ AND \ ETHIOPIA \ ILLUSTRATED
Inscribed in Boyer's hand in pencil on inside back cover, TC: [illegible] Weil London 4/1948 Boyer
Debossed in gilt on spine fragment, C: T NUBIA \ ETHIOPIA
Inscribed in pencil on applied label on inside front cover, TR: compl. [?] \ rw
Printed on applied label on inside front cover, C: IN MEA MANU MANEAT \ Ex Libris \ E. MacDowel Cosgrave, M.D. \ KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF St. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. \ 5, GARDINERS ROW DUBLIN \ 1898.
Inscribed in ink on first page, C: E MacDowel Cosgrave M.D. \ X-Mas 1881 \ From S[?]. R. F.
Printed on title page, C: EGYPT, NUBIA, \ AND \ ETHIOPIA. \ ILLUSTRATED BY ONE HUNDRED STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHS, \ TAKEN BY \ FRANCIS FRITH for Messrs. NEGRETTI and ZAMBRA; \ WITH DESCRIPTIONS \ AND NUMEROUS WOOD ENGRAVINGS, \ By JOSEPH BONOMI, F.R.S.L., author of "Nineveh and its Palaces;" \ AND NOTES \ By Samuel Sharpe, author of "The History of Egypt." \ LONDON: \ SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. \ M.DCCC.LXII. \ 1862 [in red pencil]
Debossed on back cover, C: EGYPT \ NUBIA \ AND \ ETHIOPIA \ ILLUSTRATED
Inscribed in Boyer's hand in pencil on inside back cover, TC: [illegible] Weil London 4/1948 Boyer
