Karl Baedeker, Leipsic 1895
This was the last edition of Lower Egypt.
The following edition published in 1898 describes Egypt as a whole. Egypt formed part of the Orient Quartet comprising Palestine and Syria, Egypt, Greece and Turkey. Issued c.1895.
Third revised edition. ccxvi, 293 pp, 14 maps, 33 plans, 6 (of 7 views) ( lacks views of Sakkara pyramid on p.165), and 76 vignettes, previous owner's notes on a few pages, ink inscriptons on front free endpaper, front map with small tears; publisher's red cloth gilt, slightly worn in parts; a good copy.
Hinrichsen E247
The following edition published in 1898 describes Egypt as a whole. Egypt formed part of the Orient Quartet comprising Palestine and Syria, Egypt, Greece and Turkey. Issued c.1895.
Third revised edition. ccxvi, 293 pp, 14 maps, 33 plans, 6 (of 7 views) ( lacks views of Sakkara pyramid on p.165), and 76 vignettes, previous owner's notes on a few pages, ink inscriptons on front free endpaper, front map with small tears; publisher's red cloth gilt, slightly worn in parts; a good copy.
Hinrichsen E247
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