Al Lataif al Musawwara (اللطائف المصورة) Complete Bound Volume, Cairo 1929 / 1930, with King Abdulaziz & King Faisal I Photo
$650.00
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Al Lataif al Musawwara (اللطائف المصورة) Complete Bound Volume, Cairo 1929 / 1930, with King Abdulaziz & King Faisal I Photo
$650.00
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Complete bound volume of Al Lataif al Musawwara, the Cairo illustrated weekly published by Iskandar Makarius. Runs from issue no. 775 (December 1929) through 1930.
اللطائف المصورة، مجلد كامل 1929-1930، صور وأخبار مصر والعالم العربي
A full record of Egypt and the Arab world in photographs: the Wafd delegation under Nahhas Pasha departing for London, the pioneering Egyptian aviators and Mohamed Sidqi's Berlin Cairo flight with its route map, a full page photograph of King Abdulaziz Al Saud and King Faisal I of Iraq, and many other news and society photographs. Also period advertising, including Goodyear, Quaker Oats, Craven "A", and Mazda lamps.
Library bound, with the binder's stamp of Librairie Al Ahrar. Binding is tight and the text block is solid. The cloth cover is worn, with edge loss and a tape remnant. Endpapers are stained and wrinkled, and the interior is toned with some foxing.
Item Details
Period/Date: December 1929 – 1930
Country/Origin: Egypt (Cairo)
Material: Paper, cloth covered boards
Condition: Binding tight, text block solid. Cloth cover worn with edge loss and tape remnant. Endpapers stained and wrinkled. Interior toned with some foxing.
Dimensions: 35 x 26 x 4,5 cm
Weight: Unknown (weigh it, it's a heavy volume)
Provenance: Dar Al Tourath, Lebanon
Maker/Manufacturer: Iskandar Makarius, Cairo (publisher)
Style: Illustrated weekly periodical, interwar Egyptian press
Restoration/Repairs: None known
Signature/Marks: Binder's stamp: Reliure de Librairie Al-Ahrar (تجليد مكتبة الأحرار)
Reference/ Inventory Number: DT-0142
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