Modern Egypt and Thebes: . being a description of Egypt; including the information required for travellers in that country. By Sir Gardner Wilkinson, ... With woodcuts and a map. In two volumes.
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)
Category
Books
Date
1843 - 1870
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3114185
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., [1] folded leaf of plates (col) . ill.. . 8vo.. Manuscript annotations. - 2 plates from another work pasted on rear endpapers, with an advertisement. - Stamped envelope, to 'Lady Wilkinson' from Ockenden, Cuckfield 8.2.81, used as bookmark, v.2, p.418-9. - Some pages unopened. Provenance: Inscription on front pastedown: 'Wilkinson 1845'. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full brown cloth; as issued.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)