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HAY, Robert.
Illustrations of Cairo. Drawn on stone by J. C. Bourne, under the superintendence of Owen B. Carter, Architect.
Robert Hay was one of the pioneers of Egyptology. He went to Egypt for the first time in 1824 and returned there between 1826 and 1838 actively participating in archaeological excavations, particularly in the Nile Valley.
- Published
- London: Tilt and Bogue, 1840.
- References
- Abbey Travel vol 1 # 270.
- Plates
- 30
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Tilt and Bogue, 1840.
- Ref
- 557
Folio. Publisher's dark blue quarter roan blue moiré cloth sides front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Lithographed title and 30 lithographed views on 29 sheets lithographed in one tint and later coloured by hand. A little wear to spine, some minor foxing two plates with slight marginal soiling overall a good copy. FIRST EDITION. Robert Hay is a significant figure in early Egyptian archaeology, but it is for this work he is best remembered. With his team of accompanying artists in Cairo, with time on their hands, he published their sketches of picturesque Islamic street scenes, which predate the better-known images by David Roberts. Coloured plates in order: 1. (Lithographed title). 2. The Aquaduct of Cairo and part of Masr - el - Ateekah from the Island of Er - Rodah. 3. Beyn el - Kashreyn (part of the principal street of Cairo) with a public fountain &c. 4. The Ghooreeyeh. 5. Gateway of the Kasr Esh - Shema, an old Roman Fortress. 6. The Great Minaret & part of the Exterior of the Mosque of Tooloon. 7. View of part of the Kal at El - Kebsh. 8. Southern extremity of the Island of Er - Rodah, with Masr -el - Ateekah &c. 9. Mosque of the Sultan Barkook & Fountain of Ismaeel Pasha. 10. View of a Palace of Shereef Bey. 11. The Fountain of the Bedaweeyeh. 12. Mosque of El - Guyooshee near Cairo. 13. Bab Zuweyleh. 14. The Mosque of Sultan Hassan - Cairo. 15. Beyn - el - Kasreyn, with the Minaret of the Tomb of Sultan Kalaoon. 16. Bab en Nasr & Walls of Cairo. 17. A Street in Cairo near the Bab - el- Khark. 18. El Geezeh. 19. View of the Jemaleeyeh, near the Wekaleh of Zu - l - Fakar. 20. Joseph's Hall, Cairo. 21. Birket el - Feel 22. Tomb & Fountain of El Mudaffar. 23. View in the Jemaleeyeh with part of the Mosque called the Beybarseeyeh. 24. Khan el - Khaleefee / Khan el - Khaleefee [ 2 differing street scenes]. 25. Slave Market, Cairo. 26. Mosque of El - Barmaweeyeh. 27. Boolak, part 1. 28. Boolak, part 2. 29. Principle Entrance to the Great Mosque El - Azahar. 30. The Fountain of Toosoon Pasha, in the principal street of Cairo.
