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[Red Sea]. KAMMERER, Albert. The Red Sea, Abyssinia and Arabia since Antiquity. Introduction by M. G. Hanotaux. Cairo, printed by the Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1929-1952. In-4 (36 x 28 cm), 3 volumes in 6 volumes (out of 7, without the second part of volume 2). 2 paperback volumes, printed covers (worn) and 4 publisher's half-percaline volumes (the 2 parts of Tome I uncropped with the spine of the second part replaced, soiling on the bindings, scattered foxing, plates in excellent condition apart from a small accident in the lateral margin of pl. 70 of t.1.). Published under the Auspices of King Fouad I of Egypt, it is devoted to the history of the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Arabia, from antiquity to the XVIIIᵉ century. Published in Cairo by the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale for the Royal Geographical Society of Egypt. Volume I is illustrated with 115 plates and maps, including 7 in color, and 41 in-text engravings; volume II with 109 plates and maps (most of the maps in color), and 57 in-text figures; and volume III with 187 plates, including numerous maps, and 106 in-text figures. A total of 411 plates. From the Mémoires de la Société Royale de Géographie d'Egypte series. Tome I. Parts I and II. Les pays de la Mer Erythrée jusqu'à la fin du Moyen Âge. Cairo, 1929. [5] ff. (including frontis. and portrait), LXIII-192 pp. 39 pl. (numbered I to XXXVIII with one IV bis) - Tome I. Part III. Les pays de la Mer Erythrée jusqu'à la fin du Moyen Âge. Cairo, 1929. pp. 193-451-[1] , 74 pl. (pl. XXXIX-CXI, 1 folding map (small marginal lack pl. 70). Tome II. Les Guerres du Poivre. The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea in the 16th century. History of Oriental Cartography. Cairo, printed by the Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale for the Société Royale de Géographie d'Egypte, 1935. [2] ff. XVI-262 pp. 109 plates numbered I to CIX (including frontispiece). 57 figures in text. Vol. III. La Mer Rouge, l'Abyssinie et l'Arabie aux XVIe et XVIIIe siècles et la Cartographie des Portulans. Volume III. Part I. 16th century. Abyssinians and Portuguese before Islam. Cairo, printed by the Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale for the Société Royale de Géographie d'Egypte, 1947. 3 ff. XVI-260 pp. 84 plates and maps (including frontispiece), 48 figs. in text. Volume III. End of Part I. Sixteenth century. Abyssinians and Portuguese facing Islam (End). Part II. Seventeenth century. The Portuguese Jesuits and the Ephemeral Triumph of Catholicism in Abyssinia (1603-1632). Cairo, printed by the Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale for the Société Royale de Géographie d'Egypte, 1949. 1 f., 261 pp. pl. 85-138, 1 f., fig. in text nos. 49-80bis. Comprising 54 plates and maps and 33 in-text figures. Vol. III. Part III. Cartographie du Monde Oriental, Mer Rouge, Océan Indien et Extrême-Orient jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle cartographes Portugais et Français. Cairo, printed by the Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale for the Société Royale de Géographie d'Egypte, 1952. 1 f., 268 pp. pl. 139-187, 2 tables hors texte, and figs. 81-105. A total of 49 plates, two folding tables and 25 in-text figures.