Photography Frith, Francis Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia. With 100 original stereoscopic albumen prints by Francis Frith. Descriptions and numerous wood engravings by Joseph Bonomi. Notes by Samuel Sharp. London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1862. XII, 239 (1) p. 4°. Original cloth with illustrative gilt and blind-stamped cover and spine titles and gilt edges throughout. First edition. - Gernsheim, Incunabula of British Photographic Literature, no. 172 - First edition of this early photobook with 100 stereoscopies. The high-contrast albumen prints are mounted on plates and accompanied by captions. The underlying photographs were taken in 1859 and 1860 on the occasion of an extensive expedition by Frith through Egypt, today's Sudan and Ethiopia. They show architectural monuments as well as landscapes and everyday scenes. - Spine renewed using the original cover, endpapers renewed. Title page and last few leaves somewhat stronger, otherwise slightly foxed. First edition of this early photobook with 100 tipped-on albumen stereographs. The bright albumen prints are mounted on plates and accompanied by captions. The photographs on which the stereoscopes are based were taken in 1859 and 1860 on the occasion of an extended expedition by Frith through Egypt, today's Sudan and Ethiopia. They show architectural monuments as well as landscapes and everyday scenes. - Spine renewed using the original cover, endpapers renewed. Title page and last leaves somewhat stronger, otherwise slightly foxed.