Fruits of enterprize : exhibited in the travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia, interspersed with the observations of a mother to her children. To which is added a short account of the travellers death. /. By the author of "Relics of antiquity".
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823).
Category
Books
Date
1825
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3220364
Summary
Bibliographic description
Fifth edition.. x, 238, [2] p., plates : ill. ; 12mo. (17cm). Provenance: Inscribed on pastedown "Ashton and Arthur Mosley from their affec[tio]ate cousins Sarah & Mary Stables, May 5th 1832" [Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley m. Maria Stables, grandparents of Col. Godfrey Mosley (1863-1945), who married Hilda Crewe in 1918. Ashton and Arthur Mosley may therefore be his uncles]. Also inscribed "Nicholas Mosley, Burnaston House in Derbyshire" [not identified]. Also with an inscription in French. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's quarter red morocco on illustrated pink paper over boards. Sewn on two recessed cords. Black lettering on upper cover; lettered direct in gilt on spine. Split upper joint.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823). Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson (1801 - 1863)