DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT. Notes and views in Egypt and Nubia, made during the years 1825, -26, -27, and -28: Chiefly consisting of a series of descriptions and delineations of the monuments, scenery, &c. of those countries; The views, with few exceptions, made with the camera-lucida.
by LANE, Edward William. Edited and with an Introduction by Jason Thompson
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The American University in Cairo Press, 2000. . 8vo., pp.xxxii,588, backed in maroon cloth, gilt, pictorial boards, 160 monochrome plates (including folding plates); slight tone to edges, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, with two small nicks and creasing to front lower edge, else very good.
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- DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT. Notes and views in Egypt and Nubia, made during the years 1825, -26, -27, and -28: Chiefly consisting of a series of descriptions and delineations of the monuments, scenery, &c. of those countries; The views, with few exceptions, made with the camera-lucida.
- Author
- LANE, Edward William. Edited and with an Introduction by Jason Thompson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- The American University in Cairo Press, 2000.
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