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Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad by Douglas R. Nickel explores early travel photography through Frith’s nineteenth-century images of Egypt and the Holy Land. Photographic reproductions and historical analysis reveal how he captured ancient monuments, landscapes and sacred sites for a Victorian audience.
An attractive reference for collectors of photographic history, Egyptology and Middle Eastern travel, examining the connections between photography, religion and Victorian ideas about the region.
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, copyright 2004. First edition, first printing, with a full number line ending in 1. Hardcover with pictorial boards, a dark cloth spine and its original illustrated dust jacket. Includes photographic illustrations, a route map, bibliographical references and an index. Printed and bound in Italy. ISBN 069111515X.
Condition: Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. Light shelf wear, minor corner wear and a few small marks to the page edges. Dust jacket shows light rubbing, surface scratches and minor edge wear. Interior pages shown are clean and well preserved. Please review the photographs for condition details.
SKU D-9
2004 Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine Douglas Nickel First Edition HC DJ
$55.00
An attractive reference for collectors of photographic history, Egyptology and Middle Eastern travel, examining the connections between photography, religion and Victorian ideas about the region.
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, copyright 2004. First edition, first printing, with a full number line ending in 1. Hardcover with pictorial boards, a dark cloth spine and its original illustrated dust jacket. Includes photographic illustrations, a route map, bibliographical references and an index. Printed and bound in Italy. ISBN 069111515X.
Condition: Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. Light shelf wear, minor corner wear and a few small marks to the page edges. Dust jacket shows light rubbing, surface scratches and minor edge wear. Interior pages shown are clean and well preserved. Please review the photographs for condition details.
SKU D-9