• Francis Frith (photographer)
• Samuel Sharpe (author)
• Joseph Bonomi (author)

Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia: Illustrated by One Hundred Stereoscopic Photographs

published 1862

Book which consists of 100 stereographic views of the landscape and architecture of Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia (includes views of pyramids, mosques, ruins).

Albumen silver stereographs

book: 23.8 x 19.0 x 5.2 cm comps.: 7.2 x 7.3 cm secondary supports: 17.2 x 22.9 cm

PH1987:1083:001-100

• exterior views

- Contemporary binding consists of purple cloth-covered boards and spine. There are gold gilt inscriptions and decorations on the cover and spine. Endpapers are of yellowish white paper. Pages and secondary supports are of brownish white paper with gold gilt edging. The book is comprised of a title page, table of contents, 240 pages of text and 100 stereographs. Some of the stereographs have come unbound from the book. Foxing throughout book.

stamped - embossed in typescript and gold gilt, on the cover, c.: "EGYPT / NUMBIA / AND / ETHIOPIA / ILLUSTRATED"; on the spine, u.c.: "EGYPT NUMBIA / AND ETHIOPIA" imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the title page, u.c. to l.c.: "EGYPT, NUMBIA, / 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."

Aswan; Egypt;

• architecture
• sculpture
• topographic

Contains:

• PH1987:1083:002, Stereographic view of the mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo, Egypt, 1857-1862
• PH1987:1083:003, Stereographic view of person sitting on the roof of a house, with a view of the pyramids and city beyond, Cairo, Egypt, 1857-1862