Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and of a journey to the coast of the Red Sea, in search of the ancient Berenice; and another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon. By G. Belzoni.
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823).
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3054444
Summary
Bibliographic description
xix,[1],533,[1]p., frontis., plates . ill.., port.., maps . 4to.. Imperfect: wanting all after p. [484] [i.e. the Appendix] and the maps. Not identified in 1768 catalogue.. Provenance: Bookplate: George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841.. Binding: 19th century blind roll and gilt fillet panelled calf binding (cracked and worn); blind roll on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine (very worn, lower section missing); marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823). Sarah Belzoni (1783 - 1870)