Author: SCHÜTZERCRANTZ, Adolf Ulrik.
Title: Reseminnen från Orienten.Stockholm, L.J. Hjerta, 1839. Folio. With 6 lithographed plates by Schützercrantz. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers mounted on a larger sheet serving as a folder.
Description: 4 pp.Very rare first edition of a series of 6 lithographed plates, illustrating a journey to the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Greece, drawn and lithographed by the Swedish artist Adolf Ulrik Schützercrantz (1802-1854). In 1838 he visited Greece, Istanbul and Cairo. The lithographs include a portrait of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II (1785-1839) in full dress; Muhammad Ali (1769-1848), Pasha of Egypt, depicted on horseback; an Ottoman garrison at rest in Constantinople; a view of the Galata neighbourhood in Constantinople, with people in the streets; some Egyptian soldiers with pyramids in the background; and three Greek men in Athens. The plates are followed by 4 pages of descriptive text, all loosely inserted in a paper folder.With a few small, marginal stains, otherwise in very good condition.l Atabey 1112; WorldCat (1 copy); not in Blackmer.
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Title: Reseminnen från Orienten.Stockholm, L.J. Hjerta, 1839. Folio. With 6 lithographed plates by Schützercrantz. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers mounted on a larger sheet serving as a folder.
Description: 4 pp.Very rare first edition of a series of 6 lithographed plates, illustrating a journey to the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Greece, drawn and lithographed by the Swedish artist Adolf Ulrik Schützercrantz (1802-1854). In 1838 he visited Greece, Istanbul and Cairo. The lithographs include a portrait of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II (1785-1839) in full dress; Muhammad Ali (1769-1848), Pasha of Egypt, depicted on horseback; an Ottoman garrison at rest in Constantinople; a view of the Galata neighbourhood in Constantinople, with people in the streets; some Egyptian soldiers with pyramids in the background; and three Greek men in Athens. The plates are followed by 4 pages of descriptive text, all loosely inserted in a paper folder.With a few small, marginal stains, otherwise in very good condition.l Atabey 1112; WorldCat (1 copy); not in Blackmer.
Keywords: [4C531C9794C4] AFRICA|[4C531C9794C4] AFRICA -> [C98C41A79B35] North Africa & Egypt|[04F65CFF5112] ART, ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY|[04F65CFF5112] ART, ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY -> [H9DK8KRLJRV2] Caricature, Costume & Satire|[04F65CFF5112] ART, ARCHITECTUR
Price: EUR 8500.00 = appr. US$ 9238.20 Seller: A. Asher & Co. B.V.
- Book number: K8NFWEKXOOEP
- Book number: K8NFWEKXOOEP