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Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert: With an Account, Ancient and Modern, of the Oasis of Amun, and the Other Oases Now Under the Dominion of the Pasha of Egypt (Classic Reprint)
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Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; with an account, ancient and modern, of the Oasis of Amun, and the other Oases now under the dominion of the Pasha of Egypt
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First edition. Longman et al. London. 1837. 8vo. 300, [297-299], bl. 301-338pp. [341pp: complete as published]. Lithographic frontispiece and 19 further plates from Hoskins own drawings, 3 of them folding, folding map at rear. Recent half calf, marbled boards. Raised banding to spine, gilt rules and lettering. New endpapers. Occasional spotting/foxing. Short closed marginal tear to edge of frontis. Erased stamp to top corner of title page. Initials to verso of frontis. (Half title not called for) Blackmer 833George Alexander Hoskins (1802-1863) traveller, antiquary and artist. Secretary and Treasurer of the While Nile Association in 1839.
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Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; with an account, ancient and modern, of the Oasis of Amun, and the other Oases now under the Dominion of the Pasha of Egypt
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1837. After five months' residence in Thebes, 'sketching', Hoskins took a side trip with architect [Frederick] Catherwood & Egyptologist [Robert] Hay to the Oasis Magna at El Khargeh (present-day Kharga in southern Egypt; the Libyan Desert is not entirely within Libya) - once an important part of caravan trade between Egypt & Sudan - where he did some more sketching & paper-casting of the sculptures & monuments. Later, some lesser oases in southern Egypt were visited, not without hazard. Includes a brief account of life & general conditions in Egypt and descritions of some other notable oases not actually visited by Hoskins. Hardcover, half brown calf over red marbled boards, red spine label, gilt titling. General wear, front hinge weak with one-inch split at top, head of spine chipped; pencilled name (Wm R Gill 8 March 1886) on flyleaf. Text clean; xvi, 338 pages; 20 elegant lithographed plates from sketches…
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