Frith, F. (1822-1898). Egypt and Palestine

Photographed and Described by Francis Frith. London, J.S. Virtue, n.d. (ca. 1858-1859). 2 vols. in one. Title pages, index of plates for each vol., introduction leaf and a total of 76 albumen prints on card mounts (printed w. captions and dated 1857), each plate w. accompanying text. Hleather w. marbled paper boards (worn), gilt title on spine, a.e.g. Large folio.

Top parts of all pages badly waterst. and w. water dam., sold w.a.f. One of the great photographically illustrated travel books of the period. Frith travelled under conditions of considerable hardship, carrying a 16 x 20 inch plate camera and processing the plates in an unventilated tent. Incl. photos of a.o. Nazareth, Damascus, Jerusalem, Luxor, the sphinx and the pyramids at Giza and numerous other ancient Egyptian sites. Blackmer 1942; Gernsheim, Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 1839-1875 p. 26, no. 87.