Ancient Egypt or Mizraim. New York: Henry G. Allen and Company, [1887]. 2 volumes. Elephant folio (645 x 476 mm), pictorial titles designed by H.T. Koerner. 71 (of 72) plates (including chromolithographs or tinted lithographs), plate 10 of first volume mounted separately, lacking plate 28. Publisher's half morocco, gilt lettered "Mizraim" on upper covers, covers partially detached, some plates loose in both volumes, title page of volume one defective. FIRST EDITION, limited issue, number 527 of 800 sets. An important landmark in American chromolithography, illustrated with large plates derived from David Roberts' Egypt and the Holy Land, Prisse d'Avennes' Oriental Album, Lepsius' Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, and Description de l'Egypte. Blackmer 143.
Ancient Egypt or Mizraim. New York: Henry G. Allen and Company, [1887]. 2 volumes. Elephant folio (645 x 476 mm), pictorial titles designed by H.T. Koerner. 71 (of 72) plates (including chromolithographs or tinted lithographs), plate 10 of first volume mounted separately, lacking plate 28. Publisher's half morocco, gilt lettered "Mizraim" on upper covers, covers partially detached, some plates loose in both volumes, title page of volume one defective. FIRST EDITION, limited issue, number 527 of 800 sets. An important landmark in American chromolithography, illustrated with large plates derived from David Roberts' Egypt and the Holy Land, Prisse d'Avennes' Oriental Album, Lepsius' Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, and Description de l'Egypte. Blackmer 143.
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