Discoveries In Egypt, Ethiopia, And The Peninsula Of Sinai, In The Years 1842-1845…Edited, With Notes, By Kenneth R.H.Mackenzie.

LEPSIUS, Dr. [Karl] Richard [1813-1884].

Published by London: Richard Bentley, 1852., 1852

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8vo. pp. xvi, 455. with half-title. folding engraved map. tinted lithographed frontis. several text illus. An excellent copy in original blind-stamped cloth (cloth very lightly soiled, very light wear to extremities, stain on front paste-down). First Edition of the English Translation by Kenneth R.H.Mackenzie. Lepsius, the celebrated German Egyptologist, was sent to Egypt by the King of Prussia at the urging of Bunsen and Humboldt to conduct historical and antiquarian research into the ancient Egyptian monuments in the valley of the Nile and the peninsula of Sinai. Assisted by many artists, he investigated the antiquities of the country from 1842-45, and sent back to Berlin 15,000 Egyptian antiquities and plaster casts. He also excavated the site of the Labyrinth of Fayum. The official results of the expedition were published at the expense of the Prussian state over a period of sixteen years, from 1897 to 1913, in parts containing a total of 900 plates. The present account, dedicated to Alexander von Humboldt, consists of letters describing day-to-day activities written to Frederick of Prussia, von Humboldt, Bunsen, and others. Ibrahim-Hilmy I p. 376. cfGay 77. cfBlackmer 1008. Seller Inventory # elala694

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Title: Discoveries In Egypt, Ethiopia, And The ...

Publisher: London: Richard Bentley, 1852.

Publication Date: 1852

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition