Oriental Album,Characters, costumes and modes of life in the Valley of the Nile

Second edition of one of the most beautiful books published about the costumes of the Nile Valley.Contemporary half red morocco with spine gild and gilt edges.Illustrated with 31 lithographies by Prisse d´Avennes based on his drawings made during his long stay in Egypt. Prisse  d´Avennes (1807-79) arrived to Egypt in 1827 in the service of Mehmet Ali as an engineer and later he was travelling and living in Egypt for many years, having a wide knowledge of the costumes, religion, language and dialects of the country. Prisse published several books based on his archeological works about the Boulaq museum in Cairo and his master work on Egyptian monuments that was a complement to the book of Champollion Monuments de l´Egypte.Islamic art and decoration was also the subject of some of his publications. The Oriental Album was his best work on oriental costumes based on his original drawings that were published in London with the text of the egyptologist James Augustus St John.
Ref: Atabey 1001,Blackmer 1357,Colas 2427. Not in Gay and Chahine