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FRITH, Francis.
Sinai and Palestine.
Publisher: London: William MacKenzie & Co., [1863]
Stock code: 59138
Price: £5,000 Currency Conversion
Volume I of the second, enlarged edition of the work originally published in two volumes in 1859. "The prints in this edition are of a much stronger quality than those in the first edition having been gold-toned" (Gernsheim). The complete set of this publication comprises four volumes each with 37 mounted photographs. However the parts were available separately and each is compete in itself.
Folio. Original half tan morocco, red cloth sides, titles to spine gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Mount albumen print to half title and 36 larger albumen prints. Some typical spotting throughout, guards renewed, hinges repaired, binding rubbed. Some marks to the margins of several plates not affecting the photographs. A very good copy however the photographs excellent.
