Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, . including their private life, government, laws, arts, manufactures, religion, agriculture, and early history; derived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authors. Illustrated by drawings of those subjects. By J.G. Wilkinson, ... In three volumes.
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)
Category
Books
Date
1837
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3115212
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v., XVII leaves of plates (some folded) . ill.. (some col.), maps, plans . 8vo.. Vol. 3 has 4 loose plates (2 designs in 2 states) from another work loosely inserted inside upper board. Provenance: Gardner Wilkinson library, no bookplate or inscription. 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)