Topographical survey of Thebes, Tápé, Thabe, or Diospolis Magna.. /By I.G. Wilkinson Esqr 1830.
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)
Category
Maps
Date
1826
Materials
Measurements
27 x 18 x 3.5 cm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3046176
Summary
Map of Thebes, with an inserted section showing the pyramids at Giza. Published by the Egyptologist Gardner Wilkinson and marked up with his manuscript annotations.
Bibliographic description
[1] folded sheet, in 2 parts, map. 145 x 166 cm. folded to 15 x 17 cm. With manuscript amendments and annotations by Wilkinson on map and a sheet titled 'Memnonia', with manuscript plan of buildings etc. and notes on recto and verso, pasted bottom left of top sheet. Dissected and mounted on cloth, with blue cloth backing. Provenance: inscribed 'J. G. Wilkinson 1835' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding: blue leather slipcase, tongue closure gilt-lettered 'Thebes & the Pyramids. G. Wilkinson'
Makers and roles
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)