Miscellanea Ægyptiaca. . Anno MDCCCXLII. Ægyptiaca Consociatio Litteraturæ.
Association littéraire d'Egypte
Category
Books
Date
1842
Materials
Place of origin
Alexandria
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3130634
Summary
Printed on a press donated by Gardner Wilkinson. Contents: Historique de l'Association littéraire d'Égypte.-- Compte-rendu ... .-- A tour to Bubastis, Sebennytus and Menzaleh by Sir Gardner Wilkinson.-- Extract from a journal of travels in Abyssinia, ... by J.G. Bell.-- Excursion dans la partie orientale de la Basse-Égypte. par M. E. Prisse.-- Notes sur le Sennar ... par A.D.R..-- Observations sur le climat d'Égypte par le docteur Vertot.--
Bibliographic description
xx,124,[2]p. . 4to.. Manuscript sketch (for engraved t.p. or frontispiece?) of sphinx on plinth with 'Aegyptiaca Consociatio Litteraturae MDCCCXLII.', annotated 'Drawn by M. E. Prisse' [i.e. Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879)], pasted on verso of half-title. Wilkinson listed as Honorary Member, p.xiii and as donor of 'une presse lithographique' on p.xx. Provenance: Gardner Wilkinson library, no bookplate or inscription. Binding: Nineteenth-century full brown cloth, gilt-lettered 'Mis. Aegypt. - Vol. I. pt. I. Cairo'.
Makers and roles
Association littéraire d'Egypte , issuer Achille Constant Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879), artist