Remarks on several parts of Turkey.
William Richard Hamilton (1777-1859)
Category
Books
Date
1809
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3164222
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. (xii, 439 p.; 38 leaves) : ill., map. 8vo. Manuscript note on flyleaf of plates: 'Plates of Hamilton's Ægyptiaca'. Loose inside plates volume: 2 plates signed J.H.S.: Plate IX: 'A head of Osiris ... A head of Isis at Thebes ... Egyptian harpists ....' Plate X: 'The two colossal statues at Thebes'. Provenance: Gardner Wilkinson Library. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Inscription on flyleaf: J.G. Wilkinson from the Author [i.e. William Hamilton (1777-1859)]. Ticket on pastedown of text volume: 'Bought of J.R. Smith, 4 Old Compton St.' Pencil note on pastedown of text volume: '1.7.0. with Atlas'. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter dark-brown cloth, brown paper sides.
Makers and roles
William Richard Hamilton (1777-1859), author