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68 6525 Egypt Coste P X 1787 1879 68 6525 Egypt Coste P X 1787 1879 68 6525 Egypt Coste P X 1787 1879 68/6525 [Egypt]. Coste, P.X. (1787-1879). Architecture arabe; ou Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1825. Lot of 8 (of 30) (large) handcol. lithogr. views from the work (Paris, 1837), by A. HIBON/ E. OLLIVIER after P. COSTE, from ±21x30 to 44,5x30 cm. - A few plates sl. yellowed and/ or w. a few marginal tears (1x sl. affecting corner of image); two views w. some discolouring/ foxing in upper margin of image. Otherwise fine. = "Vue de la mosquée Amrou", "Vue extrérieure de la mosquée Barkauk", "Vue extérieure de la mosquée Kaid-Bey", "Vue des casins sur le canal El-Khalyg, hors la porte Bab-el-Charyeh", "Vue de l'abreuvoir public", "Vue de la niche du sanctuaire et de la chaire de la mosquée El Moyed", "Vue de la porte de l'Okel Kaid-Bey" and "Vue d'une boutique d'un barbier au quartier franc près le quantarat El Gedydeh". Splendid views of early 19th century Cairo. Navari 415; Blackmer sale 480; Gay 1889. Coste was the architect of Mehmet Ali and asked permission from him to measure and make drawings of buildings in Cairo which had never before been recorded. "In Architecture Arabe he has produced a series of beautiful plates which are enhanced by the hand-coloured lithographed versions of a selected number of the engraved plates (...)" (Blackmer). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXV.