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Wf1/4624

Record Id:

032-003302688

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003302688

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x001583

LARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Wf1/4624

Title:

Lower Egypt and Thebes. By F. Frith. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis

Scope & Content:

Imprint: William Mackenzie, Paternoster Row, London, Glasgow & Edinburgh [n.d. 1863].

Folio, quarter leather and red cloth boards, measuring 427 x 312 mm, containing 19 albumen prints with accompanying letterpress descriptions. A four-volume edition of small format prints of Frith's Egyptian views, bound in eight parts, was issued by the William Mackenzie in 1863 under the overall title of 'Egypt, Palestine and Nubia.'. This volume forms the first part of volume 2; for part 2, issued with differing titlepage, see pressmark Wf1/4625. The full list of plates for both parts, is only printed in this volume. Pressmarks Wf1/4620, 4621, 4622, 4624 and 4625 are an incomplete set of Frith's 'Egypt, Palestine and Nubia,' a four-volume work issued in eight parts in 1863, under the following titles: vol. I, 'Sinai and Palestine,' vol. II, 'Lower Egypt, Thebes and the Pyramids,' vol. III, 'Upper Egypt and Ethiopia,' vol. IV, 'Egypt, Sinai and Palestine. Supplementary volume.' The present set lacks vol. I part 1, vol. III part 2, vol. IV part 2. A copy of the complete letterpress of vol. III, lacking the photographs, can be found at Af962*3*DSC.

Collection Area:

Printed Collections

Hierarchy Tree:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

19 items

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Start Date:

1857

End Date:

1858

Date Range:

c 1857

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 155 mm x 225 mm.

Source of Acquisition:

1976: Originally in the collection of Rochdale Free Public Libraries. Stamped on titlepage, 'British Library Lending Division 8 June 1976.'

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Frith, Francis