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First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.
First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.
First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.
First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.
First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.
First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.
First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.

HOSKINS, G[eorge] A[lexander].

Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; with an Account, Ancient and Modern, of the Oasis of Amun, and the other Oases now under the Dominion of the Pasha of Egypt.

London, Longman, 1837.

£1,500.00
£1,500.00

Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert;

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Hoskins (1802-63), travelled in Egypt in 1832-3 and was resident for some months in Thebes where he was in contact with Robert Hay who lived in an ancient tomb at Qurna and who provided a genial meeting place for European travellers visiting the area. This work is an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert. Subsequently Hoskins became secretary of the White Nile Association before abandoning his Egyptological interests to devote himself to social issues, particularly prisons.

First edition; 8vo; engraved folding map, 20 lithographed plates, some folding, after sketches by the author; original fine ribbed brown cloth gilt, blindstamped panel to covers, tiny label to head of spine, a fine bright copy; 338pp., 16 pages ads dated July 1837 at end.

Blackmer 833; Gay 1538; Hilmy I, 310.

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First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.

Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert;

£1,500.00
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