An Englishman's recollections of Egypt : 1863 to 1887 ; with an epilogue dealing with the present time 1914 / by Baron de Kusel (Bey) sometime English controller-general of Egyptian customs, etc ; with thirty-two illustrations and a map.
Kusel, Samuel Selig de, baron, 1848-1917
Category
Books
Date
1915
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3257826
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiv, [2], 352, [20] p., [33] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map, ports. ; 8vo. Pencil price on front free endpaper: "10/6 n". Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (sailing ship with Fairhaven arms on sails): ‘Sapphire R.Y.S.’ and ‘Broughton’ [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Purple ink-stamp: ‘S.Y. Sapphire.’ [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's green cloth; three sets of double blind fillets to form a panel design on upper board; gilt lettering and three gilt stamped star and crescent symbols on upper board and spine.
Makers and roles
Kusel, Samuel Selig de, baron, 1848-1917, author