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Egypt and Nubia. From Drawings Made on the Spot... with Historical Descriptions by William Brockedon. London: F. G. Moon, 1846--1849 3 volumes, folio (23 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.; 602 x 439 mm). Three tinted lithographed titles, 61 tinted lithographed plates, 60 tinted lithographed text illustrations, by L. Haghe after Roberts, engraved map; one plate and 4 text illustrations foxed, title-pages, frontispieces, map, one text leaf and one plate blindstamped. Publisher's half brown morocco over cloth boards, gilt stamped on front covers, yellow-coated endpapers, gilt edges; very worn. PROVENANCE Theological Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut (blind library stamps) LITERATURE Abbey, Travel 272; Tooley 402 NOTE First edition, one of the most important and monumental publishing ventures, marking the apotheosis of color lithography.