(M. Guerdeville. Atlas Historique). Habillementsdes Arabes & des Juifs qui sont au Caire [“The Dress of the Jews and Arabs of Cairo.”]. Single plate. Engraved illustrations of Egyptian Muslim and Jewish male and female depicting distinctive costume.
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(M. Guerdeville. Atlas Historique). Habillementsdes Arabes & des Juifs qui sont au Caire [“The Dress of the Jews and Arabs of Cairo.”]. Single plate. Engraved illustrations of Egyptian Muslim and Jewish male and female depicting distinctive costume.
(Amsterdam, 1719).:
Est: $100 - $150
PRICE REALIZED $100
These etchings first appeared in slightly larger format in Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, (Delft, 1698). See Rubens, Jewish Iconography nos. 756-9.