Alphonse BIRCK (1859-1942)
Caravan crossing the Bou Saâda desert
Watercolor on p…

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Alphonse BIRCK (1859-1942) Caravan crossing the Bou Saâda desert Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 35.5 x 49.5 cm (view). Framed. (Freckles, paper slightly curled).

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Alphonse BIRCK (1859-1942)

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Estim. 200 - 450 EUR

BROWNE (William George): Nouveau voyage dans la haute et la basse Egypte, la Syrie, le Dar-four, où aucun Européen n'avait pénétré; fait depuis les années 1792 jusqu'en 1798. Containing curious details (...) on Natolia, Constantinople and Paswan-Oglow, etc. Translated from the English second edition by J. Castéra. Paris, Dentu, An VIII - 1800. 2 volumes. 12.5 by 20 cm. Frontispiece-XXXVIII-371; (4)-392 pages and two folding maps, and a plan of the Residence of the Sultan of Dar-Four. Complete. Contemporary full marbled basane, smooth spine, red title-pieces, black head-pieces, ornate spine, gilt chain framing the boards, roulette on the edges. Corners worn, spine slightly cracked, a split of ' cm on a jaw. Minor stains on 4 pages, a few spots. Two small tears on the edges of the maps, restored; frontispiece with freckles. Despite these minor defects, this is an entirely correct copy. First French edition. Chadenat II, 5027. "In 1793, William George Browne set out for the interior of Africa by sailing up the Nile. He then joined a caravan to cross the desert and reach the kingdom of Darfur, in the Egyptian Sudan. Arrested and detained by the local sultan, he was not released until 1796 and returned north. Browne returned safely to England in 1798, but was murdered by brigands in Tabriz in 1813 during a new expedition. The present work contains the first description of the region by a European. It contains many details of the geography and monuments, trade relations, government and customs of the local population, not forgetting the dangers encountered by travellers.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Alphonse BIRCK French school (1859-1942). Oil on canvas: Leaving the souk. Signed: A. Birck. (small holes). Size: 55 x 38 cm.

Estim. 40 - 60 EUR

4 large framed reproductions, 3 signed in the plate by Edouard Detaille and 1 by Alphonse de Neuville: one depicting a Second Empire chasseur à pied bearing the words "Offered to members of the Sabretache" 50 x 28 cm; one depicting a sapeur des cuirassiers de la Garde from the Second Empire 49 x 37 cm; another depicting a chasseur de la garde impériale from the Second Empire 50 x 32 cm and the last by Alfred de Neuville depicting a light infantry regiment passing through a village in Alsace during the 1870 war 49 x 39 cm; stained wood frames, one molded.

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