75/6030 [Egypt]. Preziosi, A. (1816-1882). "Souvenir du Caire." Paris, n.publ., 1862, table of contents, 19 chromolithogr. plates (of 20), each 41,5x28 or 28x41,5 cm., signed "Preziosi" and numb "1"-"20" in the stone, each plate partly mounted on thick paper as issued.

- Lacks plate no.3; a few foxed spots; mounts partly waterst./ foxed (not affecting plates). Without portfolio.

= An outstanding series of chromolithographs made after Preziosi visited Cairo in 1862. The colourful views depict street scenes and local inhabitants in the city and along the Nile. Colas 2425; Blackmer 1352; Hilmy II, p.133; The Ottoman World, p.535. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.