Coloring: Shown here in original lithographic colors, with added hand coloring of highlights.

Comments: A very popular half-folio print of the Philae temple, as seen from the south. The Philae complex was dedicated to the worship of the goddess Isis, ruler of the moon, agriculture and protector of marriage.

Catalog Number: EI 96

Price: $500 uncolored, $600 colored.

 

Title: Island of Philae, Looking Down the NIle.

Edition: Standard First Edition, 1842-49

Condition: Excellent.

Dimensions:

Paper : 16 5/16" x 2315/16"
Image: 10" x 13 7/8"