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Travels In Upper And Lower Egypt: Undertaken By Order Of The Old Government Of France, Volume 2
by Charles Sigisbert Sonnini
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Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt: Undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France
by Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles Nicholas Sigisbert, 1751-1812
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London: J. Debrett, 1800. Hardcover. Good. Translated from the French. portrait (of the author), folding map, 27 plates (numbered I-XXVI and XXVIII). xl, 730p. plus [12]p. index, [1]p. errata and [1]p. publisher's advertisements. Old (probably contemporary) leather which has been rebacked with worn portions of old backstrip mounted. 28cm. Cover edges worn. Backstrip and adjacent areas darkened. Moderate foxing and wear on plates and map. Many prefer this larger format single volume in English to the smaller format 1799 edition in 3 volumes. Sonnini devotes a couple of pages (at 162-164) to pederastic practics and a bit more space to female circumcision (at pages 263-265).
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Travels in upper and lower Egypt : undertaken by order of the old government of France; by C. S. Sonnini, ... Illustrated by engravings, ... To which is subjoined a map of the country. Translated from the French
by SONNINI, Charles Sigisbert
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1800 1st English ed Sonnini Travels in EGYPT Egyptian Sexuality ArchaeologyCharles Sigisbert Sonnini was a French naturalist who served Louis XVI and under the Napoleonic Regime. In 1777, Sonnini was ordered by the king and Count Buffon to explore Egypt, a voyage that lasted three years. According to Blackmer's 'Sotheby's Catalogue',
"Sonnini set out with baron de Tott's expedition in 1777. On arrival at Alexandria he found orders to explore Egypt from Louis XVI awaiting him. This he proceeded to do, going on to Turkey, Greece, Crete and the Archipelago. He returned to Manoncourt in 1780 where he cultivated many new vegetables and herbs, his interest in natural history is evident from the number of plates in the above work showing plants and fish; indeed Sonnini collaborated with Buffon on an edition of the latter's works.
The contents of this book, however, were not only focused on geography and natural science. According to Cox, Sonnini discusses
"Egyptian female circumcision, serpent eating,… Read More
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