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PREZIOSI, Amadeo.
Souvenirs Caire.
An evocative suite of paintings celebrating the bazaars of Cairo and and their inhabitants, camel riders, belly dancers etc. "Preziosi visited Egypt in 1862 in company with H.C.du Bois, Dutch minister to the Porte. [He was a] Maltese artist long resident at Constantinople at least as early as 1842 [where] he became well known to the foreign community" (Blackmer).
- Published
- Paris: [Imprimerie Lemercier], 1862.
- References
- Blacker 1352; Colas 2424; Bobins supplementary list 08/14.
- Plates
- 20
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: [Imprimerie Lemercier], 1862.
- Ref
- 5519
Folio, in full contemporary green cloth gilt, blind-stamped, with Arabic letters in gilt to upper board. Fresh leather spine, gilt lettered, corners strengthened. 20 coloured chromolithographic plates. Rebinding and restoration work on this book was carried out by Ron Norman of Hartlepool (Ronnorn@aol.com) Coloured plates in order: 1. Fellah, Vendeuse de Pains. 2. Cheicks, Marchands d'Esclaves. 3. Conducteur de Chameaux. 4. La Mosquée du Mouroustan. 5. Les Porteurs d'Eau. 6. Dame Cophte. 7. Barbier. 8. Cavas. 9. Les Cannes a Sucre et les Gargoulettes. 10. La Porte du Mouroustan et les Marchands de Hachich. 11. La Kieffia. 12. Fellahs, Marchands de Gateauz et de Sirops. 13. Derviche, Vendeur de Vieilles Armes. 14. Les Almees. 15. Nubiens et Mendiants - Tombeau des Califes. 16. Le Nil, vue du Vieux Caire et les Pyramides. 17. Fellahs Vendeuses d'Oranges. 18. La Porte du Mitouelli. 19. Arabe, Marchande de Babouches. 20. La Rue de la Citadelle.
