Lot 383[EGYPT]
BINION, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS. Ancient Egypt or Mizraim. Profusely Illustrated with fine engravings and colored plates by the best artists, from the works of L'Expedition de l'Egypte, Lepsius, Prisse d'Avennes, etc. New York: Henry Allen, [1887]. Edition de Luxe, number 331 of 800 copies. Two volumes bound in four. Publisher's three-quarters morocco over gilt stamped cloth. 25 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (65 x 47 cm); with two lithographed title pages and 72 plates, many chromolithographed. The bindings worn with some rebacking and strengthening to hinges, wear and losses to corners and cloth, a dampstain affects the first and last leaves and plates in each volume but lightens internally, other stains, offsetting and soiling.
C
Sold for $3,125
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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