Folio. xvi, 13 pp., 56 leaves of loose plates, (plates 47, 53 & 54 bis), cloth backed boards, rebacked retaining original spine, cover soiled, otherwise copy in good condition, Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Le Caire, first edition, 1921.

Synopsis

The author has gathered the graphic documents from a wide range of works on the ports of the Pharaohs and tracing in broad outline the various phases of the development of the city which was once the capital of the world.