Price: £280.00

• Date: 1735
• Condition: AAA
• Colour: BW
• Size (cm): 17.1 x 14.1

Publication: Peregrinus in Jerusalem (Fremdling zu Jerusalem), Myller, A. M., Vienna & Nurnberg. Engraver: J Hiller, A J Mansfelt, J J Ditzler, J F Fischer and others

A rare engraving of Cairo (Memphis, Heliopolis, Babylon-in-Egypt, Al-Fustat, Al-Qataei, Al-Askar).Today, her official name is Al-Qahira (Cairo), but to Egyptians, she is simply Masr ' Egypt'. Herodotus: "By Menes, first king of Egypt, on land which had been drained by the diversion of the Nile. There are a great many vessels on the river, the masts of acantha wood, the sails of papyrus. The Temple of Hephaestus stands within the city, a vast edifice. Two colossal statues, carved of the stone of Ethiopia, stand on either side of the Temple. The priests wear linen garments, shave their whole body every other day, that no lice may adhere to them, and wear shoes of papyrus." From a book by A M Myller recounting his travels from 1725 to 1727. Myller journeyed from Rome to Jerusalem then on to Troy, Gallipoli and Constantinople. From Constantinople he travelled to Egypt and then to Syria. Finally from Syria he travelled to Malta and back to Rome. Scarce.