First edition, no. 391 of 800. 2 vols. Profusely illustrated with full page plates, one double page map and one folding map. 8vo. Half brown leather with raised bands and marbled paper boards, gilt title to spine, original printed wrappers retained. Some browning of paper stock as usual. Bookplate to upper pastedown and former owner’s signature to half title, both volumes. xxxii, 342; 400pp. Cairo, I.F.A.O., 1932.
Tomes 4 & 5 of Publications de l’Institut français d’Archéologie Orientale: Recherches d’Archéologie, de Philologie et d’Histoire. The two volumes cover: I. Du début à la fin de la domination turque (1517-1840) and II. De la fin de la domination turque à l’inauguration de Canal de Suez (1840-1869).
