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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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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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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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William Cowper Prime
(1825-1905)
Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia
New York:
Harper & brothers,
1858.
498 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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Illustration, p. 96
William Cowper Prime
(1825-1905)
Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia
New York:
Harper & brothers,
1858.
498 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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Illustration, p. 172
William Cowper Prime
(1825-1905)
Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia
New York:
Harper & brothers,
1858.
498 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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Vignette illustration of a curlew (p. 189)
William Cowper Prime
(1825-1905)
Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia
New York:
Harper & brothers,
1858.
498 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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Vignette illustration of the island of Philae (p. 272)
William Cowper Prime
(1825-1905)
Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia
New York:
Harper & brothers,
1858.
498 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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John Lloyd Stephens
(1805-1852)
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa and the Holy Land
New York:
Derby & Jackson,
1856.
2 v. in 1
From the collection of the Anthropology Library
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John Lloyd Stephens
(1805-1852)
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa and the Holy Land
New York:
Derby & Jackson,
1856.
2 v. in 1
From the collection of the Anthropology Library
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Illustration showing Stephens meeting with the Khedive (after p. 32)
John Lloyd Stephens
(1805-1852)
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa and the Holy Land
New York:
Derby & Jackson,
1856.
2 v. in 1
From the collection of the Anthropology Library
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Arab horse sport (after p. 90)
John Lloyd Stephens
(1805-1852)
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa and the Holy Land
New York:
Derby & Jackson,
1856.
2 v. in 1
From the collection of the Anthropology Library
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Bayard Taylor
(1825-1878)
A
Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile
New York,:
G. P. Putnam,
1854.
522 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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Bayard Taylor
(1825-1878)
A
Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile
New York,:
G. P. Putnam,
1854.
522 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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Bayard Taylor
(1825-1878)
A
Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile
New York,:
G. P. Putnam,
1854.
522 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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Illustration of Taylor's guide, Achmet (p. 55)
Bayard Taylor
(1825-1878)
A
Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile
New York,:
G. P. Putnam,
1854.
522 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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Taylor's dhahabîyeh, the Cleopatra (p. 85)
Bayard Taylor
(1825-1878)
A
Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile
New York,:
G. P. Putnam,
1854.
522 p
From the collection of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
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