The architecture of ancient Egypt; . in which the columns are arranged in orders, and the temples classified; with remarks on the early progress of architecture, etc. With a large volume of plates illustrative of the subject, and containing the various columns and details, from actual measurement. By Sir Gardner Wilkinson, ...
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)
Category
Books
Date
1850
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3114936
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxviii,150,[4]p, XVIII leaves of plates (bound as 2v.). ill.. . 8vo and fol. 2nd volume (plates) shelved with Gardner Wilkinson Library. Subscriber's copy? [Sir John Harpur Crewe, Bart in subscription list]. Old shelfmark in v.1: D.f.22. Provenance: Nineteenth-century large armorial bookplate in each volume: 'Calke Abbey library' [associated with Sir George Crewe and his son, Sir John Harpur Crewe]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full grained brown morocco, gilt-tooled, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered 'Architecture of ancient Egypt'. Binder's stamp: 'Rowbottom, Derby'. Plates volume has title on front board, spine not lettered.
Makers and roles
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875), author