
T.E. LAWRENCE AND THE CORVINUS PRESS
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CRESSWELL (KEPPEL A.C.) A Brief Chronology of the Muhammadan Monuments of Egypt to A.D. 1517, 4to
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
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CRESSWELL (KEPPEL A.C.)
A Brief Chronology of the Muhammadan Monuments of Egypt to A.D. 1517, 18 photographic plates, 1919; The Origin of the Cruciform Plan of Cairene Madrasas, 12 photographic plates, 1924; Archaeological Researches at the Citadel of Cairo, 30 photographic plates, 9 folding plans, 1924; The Works of Sultan Bibars Al-Bunduqdari in Egypt, 31 photographic plates, 5 other plates and plans (one folding), 1926, Cairo, Imprimerie de l'Institut Francais d'Archéologie Orientale; The Origin of the Plan of the Dome of the Rock, British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1924, 5 works bound in 1 vol., AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "To H.E. Lord Lloyd,... with respectful compliments of the author, A. Cresswell" on the front free endpaper, red crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., publisher's printed wrappers bound in, 4to
Footnotes
Provenance: George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran (1879-1941). Lloyd served as High Commissioner to Egypt from 1925 to 1929, later publishing Egypt Since Cromer, 1933-34; by descent to the present owner.