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Belzoni, Giovanni Battista.
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description
- Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations... in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1820
First edition, atlas volume only, folio (590 x 454mm.), 44 engraved or lithographed plates and plans on 34 sheets, all but 4 coloured by hand, contemporary half roan, [Blackmer 117; Abbey, Travel 268], title-page torn without loss, about 6 plates torn and repaired (5, 19, 22, 23, 26 and 39, the latter a long tear), a few slightly cut down or with blank corner cut away (plate 20 considerably more so), some slightly soiled or marked, binding worn, upper cover detached
Catalogue Note
An extremely interesting association copy, with the contemporary inscription on title "Captn. Charles Irby / Captn. Mangles / RN" and in another hand "Feb. 1821". Irby and Mangles helped Belzoni excavate the site of Abu Simbel and gave an independent account of the excavation in their letters which were published in 1823 in Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor.