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IRBY, Charles Leonard; MANGLES, James.

Travels in Egypt and Nubia,

Syria, and Asia Minor; during the years 1817 and 1818.

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106405

London, Printed for Private Circulation by T. White and Co., 1823

£3,000

The rare privately printed edition, preceding the trade edition by twenty-one years. The text consists of six long letters, the first from Cairo in 1817, the last from Cyprus in 1818. They helped Belzoni excavate Abu Simbel, giving a good account of the excavation, and were amongst the earliest Europeans to visit Petra. The plan of Petra 'may be the first ever published' (Blackmer).

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First edition. 8vo, inscribed presentation copy, xxxiii, [i], 560 pp., 2 maps (1 large folding, couple of short splits), 2 engraved folding plans, 6 lithographs by Westall, Harding, and others on india paper, contemporary russia gilt, covers with broad gilt borders, all edges gilt, neatly rebacked preserving spine, joints lightly rubbed, a very handsome copy.

Bibliography

Atabey 606; Blackmer 860; Hilmy, I, 325.

Stock ID:106405

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