first edition
1848 · London
by ST. JOHN, James Augustus
London: James Madden, 1848. PRISSE D'AVENNES, Emile. . ST. JOHN, James Augustus. Oriental Album. Charaters, Costumes and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile. Illustrated from Designs Taken on the Spot by E. Prisse. With Descriptive Letter-press by James Augustus St. John. London: James Madden, 1848.
First edition. Folio (21 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches; 540 x 390 mm). vi, 60 pp. Later English editions are in a smaller format. Deluxe edition with thirty-one beautiful mounted hand-coloured lithographs, including frontispiece portrait. Bound without the additional decorative title-page. Additionally with numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the (truncated)
First edition. Folio (21 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches; 540 x 390 mm). vi, 60 pp. Later English editions are in a smaller format. Deluxe edition with thirty-one beautiful mounted hand-coloured lithographs, including frontispiece portrait. Bound without the additional decorative title-page. Additionally with numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the (truncated)