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![Prospectus and Specimens of the Wood Engravings... [for] The Oriental Album; or Historical, Pictorial and Ethnographical Sketches](jpegs/27490.jpg)
Prospectus and Specimens of the Wood Engravings... [for] The Oriental Album; or Historical, Pictorial and Ethnographical Sketches Illustrating the Human Families in the Valley of the Nile, Their Costumes, Usages, Habits, Modes of Life, &c.&c.&c.
By E. Prisse, Esq.
James Madden, Publisher, 8, Leadenhall Street, London... M.DCCC.XLVII [1847].
Publisher's advertisement prospectus illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes, very scarce prospectus. 4 pages, folio (555 x 380mm, 21¾ x 15"). Includes List of Plates; with publisher's printed red labels glued to first and last page. Some soiling, generally good.
Achille Prisse d'Avennes's 'Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile. Illustrated from Designs Taken on the Spot...'. Prisse travelled through Egypt in the guise of an Arab. He excavated at Thebes from 1839 to 1843 with the botanist George Lloyd (1815-1843), to whom the work is dedicated and whose portrait forms the frontispiece. It was Lloyd who encouraged Prisse to begin the series of drawings which forms this work, but Lloyd accidentally shot himself so did not live to see its publication. The text is by James Augustus St. John who travelled extensively in Egypt and Nubia in 1832-33.
[Ref: 27490] £260.00 view all images for this item
By E. Prisse, Esq.
James Madden, Publisher, 8, Leadenhall Street, London... M.DCCC.XLVII [1847].
Publisher's advertisement prospectus illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes, very scarce prospectus. 4 pages, folio (555 x 380mm, 21¾ x 15"). Includes List of Plates; with publisher's printed red labels glued to first and last page. Some soiling, generally good.
Achille Prisse d'Avennes's 'Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile. Illustrated from Designs Taken on the Spot...'. Prisse travelled through Egypt in the guise of an Arab. He excavated at Thebes from 1839 to 1843 with the botanist George Lloyd (1815-1843), to whom the work is dedicated and whose portrait forms the frontispiece. It was Lloyd who encouraged Prisse to begin the series of drawings which forms this work, but Lloyd accidentally shot himself so did not live to see its publication. The text is by James Augustus St. John who travelled extensively in Egypt and Nubia in 1832-33.
[Ref: 27490] £260.00 view all images for this item
Ababdeh riding Dromedaries.
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron and Lehnert.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 275 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼").
Three Ababda nomads and their camels, with s smooth-haired saluki. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32081] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron and Lehnert.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 275 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼").
Three Ababda nomads and their camels, with s smooth-haired saluki. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32081] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Abyssinian costume &c.]](jpegs/50928.jpg)
[Abyssinian costume &c.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by E. LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, creasing along left edge.
A scene showing two Ethiopian warriors carrying weapons. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50928] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by E. LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, creasing along left edge.
A scene showing two Ethiopian warriors carrying weapons. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50928] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Abyssinian costume &c.]](jpegs/50927.jpg)
[Abyssinian costume &c.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by E. LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, damage in corners or mount card.
A scene showing two Ethiopian warriors carrying weapons. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50927] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by E. LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, damage in corners or mount card.
A scene showing two Ethiopian warriors carrying weapons. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50927] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Warrior from Amhara.]](jpegs/50929.jpg)
[Warrior from Amhara.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by E. LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, creasing along left edge.
A scene showing a warrior leaning on his spear. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50929] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by E. LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, creasing along left edge.
A scene showing a warrior leaning on his spear. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50929] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Wahhabi Bedouin' and an Arab of the Azami Tribe.]](jpegs/50920.jpg)
[A Wahhabi Bedouin' and an Arab of the Azami Tribe.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A portrait of two men, wearing swords in a desert landscape. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50920] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A portrait of two men, wearing swords in a desert landscape. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50920] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bedouins from the vicinity of Suez.]](jpegs/50924.jpg)
[Bedouins from the vicinity of Suez.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Bour.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, damage in corners.
A scene showing two men in bedouin dress in a desert landscape. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50924] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Bour.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, damage in corners.
A scene showing two men in bedouin dress in a desert landscape. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50924] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Camels resting in the Sherkiyeh.
Drawn on stone by Lehnert after E. Prisse Esq.r.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼").
A scene of three pack camels and their driver, published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32051] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on stone by Lehnert after E. Prisse Esq.r.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼").
A scene of three pack camels and their driver, published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32051] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Ghawazi, or Dancing Girls.
Drawn on stone by Lemoine [after Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes].
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 365 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼").
A pair of arab dancing girls with finger castanets, a seated man with a riq (an arab tamborine) behind. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile' by Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32041] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on stone by Lemoine [after Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes].
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 365 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼").
A pair of arab dancing girls with finger castanets, a seated man with a riq (an arab tamborine) behind. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile' by Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32041] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Women of Middle Egpyt.]](jpegs/50921.jpg)
[Women of Middle Egpyt.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A scene showing two women by some Ancient Egyptian ruins, one stands with a pot on her head facing the second who sits on a piece of stone; a young child with a chick sits on the ground. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50921] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A scene showing two women by some Ancient Egyptian ruins, one stands with a pot on her head facing the second who sits on a piece of stone; a young child with a chick sits on the ground. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50921] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Female fellah.]](jpegs/50923.jpg)
[Female fellah.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, damage in corners.
A portrait of a woman with a veiled face, carrying a child on her shoulders. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50923] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, damage in corners.
A portrait of a woman with a veiled face, carrying a child on her shoulders. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50923] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Oriental Album. By E. Prisse Esq.r.
[1848.]
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 555 x 450mm (22 x 17¾''). Foxing.
Ornate frontispiece in the style of an Ottoman tiled floor, to 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50919] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[1848.]
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 555 x 450mm (22 x 17¾''). Foxing.
Ornate frontispiece in the style of an Ottoman tiled floor, to 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50919] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Portrait of the Late George Lloyd Esq.r.]](jpegs/50932.jpg)
[Portrait of the Late George Lloyd Esq.r.]
Drawn on stone by Lemoine [after Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes].
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [n.d., 1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 450 x 555mm (17¾ x 22'').
A portrait of botanist George Lloyd of Brynestyn (1815-43) author of 'Travels in the Himalaya Mountains', shown reclining in arab dress. He accompanied his friend the artist Prisse d'Avennes on his travels through Egypt, dying at Thebes when his rifle accidentaly discharged. While dying he managed to write a letter to his father explaining his death. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile' by Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi. The book was dedicated to Lloyd.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50932] £650.00
Drawn on stone by Lemoine [after Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes].
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [n.d., 1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 450 x 555mm (17¾ x 22'').
A portrait of botanist George Lloyd of Brynestyn (1815-43) author of 'Travels in the Himalaya Mountains', shown reclining in arab dress. He accompanied his friend the artist Prisse d'Avennes on his travels through Egypt, dying at Thebes when his rifle accidentaly discharged. While dying he managed to write a letter to his father explaining his death. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile' by Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi. The book was dedicated to Lloyd.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50932] £650.00
![[Female of the middle class carrying water from the Nile.]](jpegs/50922.jpg)
[Female of the middle class carrying water from the Nile.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A scene showing a young woman carrying water in a pot on her head. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50922] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A scene showing a young woman carrying water in a pot on her head. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50922] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nubian and a fellah.]](jpegs/50926.jpg)
[Nubian and a fellah.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by Eugene LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, damage in corners or mount card.
A scene showing two men in a desert landscape. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50926] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by Eugene LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, damage in corners or mount card.
A scene showing two men in a desert landscape. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50926] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nubian Females, Kanoosee Tribe.]](jpegs/50931.jpg)
[Nubian Females, Kanoosee Tribe.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by Eugene LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A scene showing two women in a domestic setting, one sits on the ground while the other carrys a dish. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50931] £450.00
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by Eugene LeRoux.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A scene showing two women in a domestic setting, one sits on the ground while the other carrys a dish. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50931] £450.00
Nubian Females, Kanoosee Tribe.
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.r. On stone by Eugene Le Roux.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 365 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼).
Two bare-brested Nubian girls, published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32053] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.r. On stone by Eugene Le Roux.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 365 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼).
Two bare-brested Nubian girls, published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32053] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Women of Middle Egypt.
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼").
A pair of women resting in the ruins of a temple, hieroglyphics on the walls and columns behind. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32083] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
James Madden, London. [1851.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼").
A pair of women resting in the ruins of a temple, hieroglyphics on the walls and columns behind. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile'. The artist, Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), was a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 32083] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)