1929 Cairo Egypt Inn Merchant Balcony Architecture - ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE EG1

This is an original 1929 photogravure of an old merchants' inn in Cairo, Egypt. This rustic hotel would likely be a place to house traveling merchants and artisans selling their wares at Cairo's markets. Photograph by Herbert Ricke. Period Paper is pleased to offer an exceptional collection of historic original photogravures of the architecture, landscape, and people of Egypt. The actual border around the photogravure is larger than what is shown in the digital image and each image has a caption in French, English, Italian and German, which will be included with the item when shipped. However, we wanted to show you the actual image up close and the dimensions provided next to the "Size" above indicate the size of the actual photogravure only. The total size is approximately two inches larger in width and height. These original photogravures are not to be confused with the more common halftone prints. Each of these photogravures was created from an engraved plate and provides exceptio