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Ebers’ Pictureseque Egypt, translated by Clara Bell, and measuring approx. 290x370mm (44.5 x 14.5 inches), is a huge two-volume collection of engravings and text. Copies of the plates are often sold on eBay, which is sad because it often means a bookseller has ripped apart a copy of the book.
This is volume two; the previous gallery is for volume one.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for George Moritz Ebers.
Title: Pictureseque Egypt Vol II
Published by: Cassell & Company, Limited
City: London
Date: 1878
Total items: 11
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Initial letter D, floriated]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/EbersEgyptVolII/wm/big/125-initial-letter-d-q65-203x200.jpg "[picture: Initial letter D, floriated]")
A foliated (floriated) initial letter D used as a decorative 8-line drop cap at the start of a chapter. [$]
![[picture: Festival of the Pilgrimage]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/EbersEgyptVolII/wm/big/125-festival-of-the-pilgrimage-q70-923x200.jpg "[picture: Festival of the Pilgrimage]")
An ornate floral typographic border for a chapter heading. Such borders were usually made from lots of separate pieces of metal type, so that you could make the border any width by adding or removing more pieces.
I have left the unusual heading since it seems quite fun; note also the lack of kerning between the V and the following A; in the days of metal type, kerning a heading here meant taking a metal cutting file to the pieces of type and cutting [more...] [$]
![[picture: Colonnade of Medamot at Thebes]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/EbersEgyptVolII/wm/big/v2-167-Colonnade-of-Medamot-at-Thebes-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: Colonnade of Medamot at Thebes]")
Colonnade of Medamot at Thebes
This temple (if such it was) seems mainly to be of interest to archaeologists because of its “Campaniform Capitals” or pillars with floral tops. To most other [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: A Court[yard] at Siout.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/EbersEgyptVolII/wm/big/184-a-court-at-siout-q60-141x200.jpg "[picture: A Court[yard] at Siout.]")
![[picture: In the desert between Assouan and Philae.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/EbersEgyptVolII/wm/big/357-between-assouan-and-philae-q75-304x200.jpg "[picture: In the desert between Assouan and Philae.]")
In the desert between Assouan and Philae.
The picture shows what appears to be a ruined building, perhaps a temple or mosque, with two large stars for decortion and with arched windows, with other ruins nearby, but the text suggests that it is a tomb. The ewer near is also suggests that it is [...] [more...] [$]
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