Bida Alexander Barbot (4 results)

FIRST EDITION circa 1850, folio approximately 460 x 360 mm, 18 x 14 inches, lithographed pictorial title, 24 full page sepia lithographs on heavy paper, captioned in French, Arabic and English; no text, 12 costume plates by Bida and 12 plates of views by Barbot, rebound in modern half blue calf, marbled covers, gilt lettered black title label, gilt decoration to raised bands, marbled endpapers. Trimmed copy, all plates have pale foxing, slightly heavier on a few plates,1 plate has a pale pink tinge to margins (see image), all plates mounted on cloth guards, a very good restored copy. See: Rene Colas, Bibliographie Generale du Costume et de la Mode, page 110, No. 326; Bibliography of Costume by Hilaire and Meyer Hiler, page 89. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. …

First edition of a beautiful album with 24 spectacular plates. The first 12 plates, made by and after Bida, consist of character studies of people encountered in the region, such as a veiled woman, a horse groom, a dancing girl and an Arabic man from Hedjaz. The other 12 views, after Barbot, include views of ancient and modern Egyptian cities (from Philae to Cairo) and surroundings, the Mosques of Abdoulala at Bulaq, Ahmed ibn Tolon and Ibrahim Agha (Aqsunqur), all in Cairo, tombs of sultans and much more.Alexandre Bida (1823-1895) studied under Eugene Delacroix and travelled widely through Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Palestine. Prosper Bardot (1798-1878), a pupil of Jules Coignet, made 2 journeys to Algeria (1842) and Egypt (1844-1846).Beautiful copy.l Colas 326; Chadenat 761 ("Très belle album non mis dans le commerce": very beautiful album not found in the trade); Lipperheide 1600; not in Ibrahim-Hilmy. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. With a lithographed title-page and 24 tinted lithographs with captions in Arabic, French and English, all mounted on cloth.…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. Folio (565 x 390mm.), lithographed pictorial title and 24 plates by Bida and by Cicéri after Barbot. Original half leather, spine in green and original red label with gilt lettering on front cover. Rare. Not listed in Hilmy, Atabey or Blackmer, and ABPC records only one copy at auction in the last 35 years. The plates, which are captioned in French, Arabic and English, comprise 12 full-length portraits by Bida and 12 views by Barbot.The views are unusual representing some egyptian citiexs like Siout in Middle Egypt that are not usually represented in others plate books on Egypt during the XIX century.…

Condition: Good. Folio. 35.5 x 49cm. 15 tinted lithograph plates mounted on hinges with captions in French, Arabic and English. 19th Century half cloth and marbled boards. Without text. There may be as many as 24 plates in a complete volume.The plates in this volume include: Mosquée du Sultan Barqouq, Mosque of the Sultan Barqouq.; Rue de la Citadelle, Citadel Street; Mosquée D'aboulala A Boulaq, Mosque of Aboulala at Boulaq; Quatier de la Mosquée de Touloun, Mosque of Touloun; Femme Fellâh du Caire, A Fellâh Woman of Cairo; Siout, Siout; Miniéh (Haute Egypte), Minieh (Upper Egypt); Nubien (Baquâb), A Nubian; Copte (Écrivain), A Copt (Writer); Ile de Phil?, Phil?a Island; Arnaout (Albanais), An Arnout (Albanese); Girgeh (Haute Égypte), Girgeh (Upper Egypt); Assouân (1re Cataracte), Assouân (1st Cataract); Bâb-En-Nasr (Dite Porte De La Victoire), Bâb-En-Nasr (Victory's Gate); Femme Voilée, A Women with the Veil.OCLC Number:1 040811791.Grand in-folio, relié demi-percaline rouge (reliure postérieure).Album composite réunissant 15 LITHOGRAPHIES EN BISTRE sur papier fort, montées sur onglet dont 5 de costumes dessinées et lithographiées par Bida, élève d'Eugène Delacroix, les autres étant des vues dessinées par Barbot et lithographiées par Cicéri. Mouillures claires, piqures éparses.Expertise by: Cabinet Edgard Daval (Expert CNE).…