1884. KOHN-ABREST Frédéric [pseud. Paul d'Abrest], La Tripolitaine et l'Egypte, d'après l'ouvrage allemand de M. de Schweiger-Lerchenfeld. L'expédition anglaise en Egypte et le soulèvement du Soudan.

132. KOHN-ABREST Frédéric [pseud. Paul d'Abrest], La Tripolitaine et l'Egypte, d'après l'ouvrage allemand de M. de Schweiger-Lerchenfeld. L'expédition anglaise en Egypte et le soulèvement du Soudan.

Paris [1884], Ch. Delagrave, 324 pp.

A richly illustrated edition of thedescription of the expedition to Libya, Egypt and the Sudan and the English conquest of the latter country. The text contains a total of 32 illustrations, including 10 full-page illustrations.

Binding in period, decorated and gilded red percale cardboard in db condition with minimal rubbing; spine gilded and embossed with title and geometric-plant and floral patterns; on front cover cartouche with beehive at top and name of publishing house at bottom; while on back cover monogram in medallion from publisher C.D. and the Latin motto "in labore robur" ("in labors strength"); inside condition db, some pages yellowed, characteristic of works from the 19th and early 20th centuries; overall condition db.