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HEAD, Captain Charles Francklin : Villages of Deroot & Sindiour

Smith,Elder & Co, London, 1833

275 x 415 mm., lithographic plate with only very minor tears to the margin, well away from the image, otherwise in good condition.

"Captain Head describes his purpose in publishing this work as twofold: 'to promote a rapid communication with India by way of Egypt, through the agency of steam navigation, and, as a natural consequence of this measure, to secure our Indian frontier against the perils of northern invasion'." (Blackmer) The work focuses on Egypt. Blackmer sale 673; Blackmer 799; Gay 1846.

HEAD, Captain Charles Francklin : Villages of Deroot & Sindiour

Smith,Elder & Co, London, 1833

275 x 415 mm., lithographic plate with only very minor tears to the margin, well away from the image, otherwise in good condition.

"Captain Head describes his purpose in publishing this work as twofold: 'to promote a rapid communication with India by way of Egypt, through the agency of steam navigation, and, as a natural consequence of this measure, to secure our Indian frontier against the perils of northern invasion'." (Blackmer) The work focuses on Egypt. Blackmer sale 673; Blackmer 799; Gay 1846.

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