HENNIKER, Sir Frederick

Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem.

Name: Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem.
Brand: HENNIKER, Sir Frederick
SKU: 123602
Price: 1200.00 GBP
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Stock Code 123602

London` John Murray 1823

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Henniker was the first person to climb the Second Pyramid. He travelled from Malta to Alexandria and Upper Egypt, Nubia, and the Oasis Boeris. After revisiting Cairo he went to Mount Sinai and Jerusalem, returning home via Smyrna, Athens, Constantinople and Vienna. The illustrations of Jerusalem and Mount Sinai Convent were engraved by George Hunt after Henniker's drawings.

This copy belonged to William St Clair, a well known author and historian.

First edition. 8vo (22 x 14 cm), aquatint vignette on title-page, folding frontispiece, 2 engraved plates (including one folding); recent half calf with marbled boards, red label on spine, gilt lettered, some very slight offsetting to a couple of the plates, some wear to the rear board; a very good copy. x, [2], 340pp.

Blackmer 804; Abbey Travel 376; Hilmy I, 298; Tobler p147.

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