[Inlaid Binding] Kelly, R. Talbot. Egypt: Painted & Described. E-List 17 beautifully hand illuminated title page

beautifully hand illuminated title page and initials

Bartholomew and Bruce Rogers

'" (The Yale University Library Gazette

along with a 19-line opening initial in red

Bookplate of industrialist James W

[Inlaid Binding] Kelly, R. Talbot. Egypt: Painted & Described. E-List 17 beautifully hand illuminated title pageKelly, R. Talbot. Egypt Painted & Described. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1902. First edition. 4to. Top edge gilt; pp. xiii, 239. 75 colored plates, captioned tissue guard to each. An A & C Black classic; the Irish Egyptologist's and painter's book, based on his life with Bedouin tribes. Inman 19. Bound for Brentano's of Paris (almost assuredly by Birdsall of Northampton) in three quarter dark blue morocco over light blue cloth boards ruled in gilt.