155210 - Prisse d'Avennes - Mosque at El Khanqah by Wohlfart lithograph from L'Art Arabe 1877.

Prisse d'Avennes - Mosque at El Khanqah by Wohlfart lithograph from L'Art Arabe 1877. This lithograph of the The door of the Mosque at El Khanqah by Wohlfart is from L'Art Arabe d'après les Monuments du Kaire: depuis le VIIe siècle jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe by Prisse d’Avennes. Published by A. Morel et Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs and printed by Lemercier, Paris 1877. Title translates to: Arab Art from the Monuments of Cairo: from the 7th century to the end of the 18th century. his print is from the very scarce first edition of this beautifully unsurpassed standard work on Islamic art. Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79) was a French archaeologist, Egyptologist, architect and writer. Prisse d'Avennes was born in Avesnes-sur-Helpe to a noble family of French origin. In 1827 when he reached Egypt, he was hired by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, as a civil engineer. He spent many years living as an Egyptian, adopting the name Idriss-effendi, learning to speak Arabic and practicing Islam. After 1836 he explored Egypt disguised as an Arab and using the name Idriis Effendi and during this period he carried out archaeological excavations in the valley of the Nile. Prisse d'Avennes returned to France in 1860 with a vast collection of documentation and drawings, which he subsequently had reproduced by specially trained draughtsmen and published in this monumental set. Size: 17.75in x 22.5in (45cm x 57cm) The print is in excellent condition - please inspect the image carefully for any occasional age related marks.