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Nile Notes of a Howadji

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Cover, showing the ornate design in blues and gold often favored by designers of Egyptian travel books.

William Curtis (1824-1892)
Nile Notes of a Howadji
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. 320 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Nile Notes of a Howadji

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Engraved frontispiece; note how illustration is repeated on the cover and the frontispiece.

William Curtis (1824-1892)
Nile Notes of a Howadji
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. 320 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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Nile Notes of a Howadji

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Title page, with inscription, "The Howadji's Aunt Eleanor from himself - March 1857".

William Curtis (1824-1892)
Nile Notes of a Howadji
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. 320 p

From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art



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