1904 Egypt - Painted and Described by R Talbot Kelly - Illustrated Antique Book

In excellent condition, here is a beautiful antique book about Egypt. Richly illustrated with seventy-five colour plates and with eye-catching decorative boards. A fascinating look at Egypt from ten years before the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. More details below.

Egypt Painted and Described by R Talbot Kelly. Being a hardback, first published by Adam and Charles Black of London in 1902, with this copy being a reprint from 1904.

Contents: Cairo; Streets and Bazaars; Mosques and Public Buildings; The Environments of Cairo; The Nile; The First Cataract; The Lower Nile; Canal Life in the Delta; Riding Through the Land of Goshen; The Life of the 'Fellah'; The Desert and the Bedawin; Religion and Character of the Egyptians; Condition of the People and Some Problems.

Inside the pages are in fantastic condition being clean, bright and tightly bound and they have not been written in. Lacks the blank front free endpaper, and so opens directly onto the half-title page. All of the seventy-five interesting colour plates are present and in excellent condition, each with their original titled tissue guard intact (see photos). The top closed edge is gilt.

In sky-blue cloth covered boards which are beautifully decorated with an orange Egyptian design to the front and spine and with gilt titles to spine. All again absolutely excellent with just some mild rubbing to the corners and spine ends. A beautiful book.

Your antique copy of Egypt will be wrapped with great care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged. I am always happy to include a card with a message in the parcel.

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H 23 cm x W 17 cm, 246 pages, 1.2 kg. I dispatch daily.

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