Antonio Beato (1832-1906)

An oblong folio album of 47 albumen prints, image size 20 x26cm (smallest) to 36 x37.5cm (largest), mounted to album pages, overall measuring 31 x46.5cm; most signed in the negative; each with manuscript caption [French] on lower margin. Subjects include Giza Pyramids; Saqqara Pyramid; Cheop Pyramid and the Sphinx; harbour of Asyut; Temple of Dendera; decorated capitals of the Esseh Temple - or Temple of Khnum; panoramic view of Edfu; Temple of Horus, Edfu; ruins at Gebel el Silsila; aerial view of Assuan; the Elephantine Island; views of the First Cataract of the Nile, near Assuan; The Temple of Debod, Nubia; Temple of Isis, Nubia; and theTemple of Gyrshe, Nubia, among others. Housed in green cloth boards, with leather spine, and embossed gilt title Egypte on front cover.