Souvenir du Caire

by Amadeo Preziosi

$10,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

Publisher's purple cloth, covers decorated in gilt and blind, expertly rebacked to style with dark purple cloth First edition of lively lithographs by one of the best known of the artists living and working in the Levant in the mid-19th century. The son of Count Gio Francois Preziosi of Malta, Amadeo initially studied the law before turning to painting. After studying under Giuseppe Hyzler, Preziosi subsequently completed his art education at the Paris Academy of

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