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In 1549 a Venetian print maker, Matteo Pagano, published a large engraving of an aerial view of the city of Cairo; it was accompanied by a Latin text ("Descriptio Alchiriae") written by the orientalist scholar, Guillaume Postel. The depiction of the city is sufficiently accurate to permit a detailed interpretation of the city to be made, and it remained the standard western representation of this fabled eastern city for the next 250 years. Nicholas Warner provides a context for Pagano's view of Cairo, a translation of Postel's text, and a commentary on the contents of the engraving itself in addition to the accompanying narrative. An index of subsequent revisions, and a superbly produced enhanced facsimile of the engraving itself is included. Volume 1 (208 pages) includes 36 large color plates, 5 black-and-white plates, and a modern facsimile of the original Latin text "Descriptio Alchiriae"; Volume 2 (208 pages) includes 68 black-and-white images, all details of the map. Volume 3--the map--is a "modern facsimile" of the original Map, i.e. with blemishes, etc. removed, packed in a slip case. It is the same size as the original, and folds out in a similar manner to an ordnance survey map. It is printed in two colors to match the original.

76.047 <620 CAIRO> --- 094.1 <45 VENEZIA> --- 761 <45 VENEZIA> --- Iconografie: landschappen; stadsgezichten; zeegezichten in de prentkunst--Egypte--CAIRO --- Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--VENEZIA --- Hoogdruktechnieken in de grafische kunst--Italië--VENEZIA --- 761 <45 VENEZIA> Hoogdruktechnieken in de grafische kunst--Italië--VENEZIA --- 094.1 <45 VENEZIA> Oude drukken: bibliografie----Italië--VENEZIA --- 76.047 <620 CAIRO> Iconografie: landschappen; stadsgezichten; zeegezichten in de prentkunst--Egypte--CAIRO --- Travel. --- Cartografie. --- Stadsgeografie. --- Cairo (Egypt) --- Egypt --- Caïro. --- Venetië (stad). --- Le Caire (Egypte) --- Description and travel. --- Kairo (Egypt) --- Kair (Egypt) --- Qāhirah (Egypt) --- Kahirah (Egypt) --- Caire (Egypt) --- Le Caire (Egypt) --- Ḳahir (Egypt) --- القاهرة (Egypt) --- al-Qāhirah (Egypt) --- القاهرة (مصر) --- al-Qāhirah (Miṣr) --- قاهرة (Egypt) --- O Caire (Egypt) --- Lo Cayiro (Egypt) --- Lo Quèro (Egypt) --- Каир (Egypt) --- Qahirä (Egypt) --- Горад Каір (Egypt) --- Horad Kair (Egypt) --- Каір (Egypt) --- Кайро (Egypt) --- El Caire (Egypt) --- Káhira (Egypt) --- Κάιρο (Egypt) --- El Cairo (Egypt) --- El Cairu (Egypt) --- Keiro (Egypt) --- Caireo (Egypt) --- O Cairo (Egypt) --- 카이로 (Egypt) --- Il Cairo (Egypt) --- קהיר (Egypt)