Egypt. Lower Egypt, with the Fayûm and the Peninsula of Sinai.

£300 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

This is the first English edition after the 1881 rebellion and the bombardment of Alexandria by an Anglo-French fleet in 1882 with the defeat of Arabi Pasha. The general map shows the Egyptian Empire extended into the Northern Hedjaz and in the South to the sources of the White Nile. This and succeeding editions are considered Baedeker classics. Issued c.1891 Second edition. xiv, 538pp, 16 maps, 30 plans, 7 views, and 76 vignettes, previous owner's pencil signature, inner hinges slightly cracked; publisher's red cloth gilt; a very good copy. Hinrichsen E246.

• Binding: Hardcover

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