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FRITH, FRANCIS (1822-1898)
Colossi and Sphync at Wady Saboua * The Summit of Cebel Moosà * The Wàdee El-Mukattab,
Sinai *The Convent of Sinai and Plain of Er-Ráhà.Together, 4 albumen prints, each approximately
6x8
1
/
2
inches (15.2x21.6 cm.), mount size 12
1
/
2
x17
1
/
8
inches (31.8x43.5 cm.), with printed captions
on mounts recto. Circa 1857-1860
[1,800/2,200]
WITH
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Group of 4 albumen prints of Egypt, one attributed to Francis Frith, each approximately 6x8
1
/
2
inches (15.2x21.6 cm.), 3 mounted with captions, in pencil and ink, in an unknown hand, on mounts
recto. Circa 1856-1860.
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BONFILS, FELIX (1831-1885)
Album containing 59 photographs depicting pre-historic sites and native peoples in Palestine, Egypt,
Lebanon, and Syria.With remarkable views of theWailingWall, Bethlehem, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Baalbeck,
and many stunning ethnographic studies, both in the studio and in situ; plus scenes of the Temple
of Abu Simbel, the Pyramids, Sphinx and city of Alexandria. Albumen prints, 9
1
/
2
x11
1
/
2
inches
(24.1x29.2 cm.), and smaller, many with Bonfils’ signature and title in the negative. Oblong folio,
morocco, worn, backstrip perished. 1880s
[4,000/6,000]
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