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

Comments: A beautiful and popular half-folio print. The island of Bigge, adjacent to Philae, was the site of the tomb of Osiris. None but the priests from Philae were permited to set foot on the island, and they observed total silence during their visits.

Catalog Number: EI 97

Price: $475 uncolored, $575 colored.

 

Title: Part of the Ruins of a Temple on the Island of Bigge, Nubia.

Edition: Standard First Edition, 1842-49

Condition: Excellent.

Dimensions:

Paper : 16 1/2" x 2315/16"
Image: 9 3/16" x 13 13/16"