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A Cabinet of Wonders for the Discerning Collector.
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EBERS, Georg. Picturesque Egypt.
Lot 189

EBERS, Georg. Picturesque Egypt.

Estimate: $150 - $250
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EBERS, Georg (1837-1898). Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque.
Translated by Clara Bell.

Publisher: Cassell & Company, London. 1885.

Folio. Brown publishers cloth with gilt cover and decorations. Richly gilt and decorated spine. Gilt edges

Vol. 1: Frontispiece, xxiv, 327 pp, with illustrations.
Vol. 2: Frontispiece portrait, xxii, 388 pp., with illustrations, with general index.

Each volume is H:15 1/8 x W: 12 x D: 1 1/2 in.

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Fair to poor. Tails and heads of spine scuffed, bumped, and rubbed, with losses. Corners bumped and scuffed, with slight losses. Front and back boards rubbed. Sun-fading to spines, with slight losses. Slight foxing on some pages. Hinge of vol. 2 is weak.

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