Photographer commissioned by the Egyptian Government INAUGURATION,... Lot 10

Photographer commissioned by the Egyptian Government INAUGURATION, NAG HAMADI DAM, 1928-1930 An oblong folio album, bound in green chagrin, title in gilt letters on the upper cover, 30 silver prints, about 290x230 mm, two three-sheet panoramas, total 855x225mm, captions and dates in English, fine condition. A very aesthetic report on the construction of the Nag Hamadi Dam in Egypt, about 150 kilometres north of Luxor. King Fouad of Egypt is present on two photographs: laying of the first stone on February 10, 1928, inauguration on December 19, 1930.