Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and a journey to the coast of the Red Sea, in search of the ancient Berenice; and another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon. Third edition.
by BELZONI, Giovanni Battista
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London, John Murray, 1822.2 volumes. Contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt and with red morocco title-labels. With lithographed portrait of the author, plate of inscriptions, folding plan of the temple of Jerusalem, and large folding map of the course of the Nile. XXVI,438; X,421 pp.First edition published in London in 1820. - Belzoni is 'one of the most striking and interesting figures in the history of eastern travel (DNB) and certainly, next to Burckhardt, the most interesting in the history of Egyptology and Egyptian travel. He succeeded in removing an enormous number of statues and sarcophagi. In 1817 he excavated Abu Simbel, Karnak and the Valley of the Kings, and the tomb of Seti. In 1818 he opened the second pyramid at Gizeh and identified the site of Berenice (Blackmer p.25). Contains at the end: Short account of the women of Egypt, Nubia, and Syria by Sara Belzoni. Without the separately issued atlas-volume. - A fine copy.Blackmer Collection 116; Atabey Collection 95; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p.62.
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- Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and a journey to the coast of the Red Sea, in search of the ancient Berenice; and another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon. Third edition.
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- BELZONI, Giovanni Battista
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