Narrative Of A Journey In Egypt And The Country Beyond The Cataracts

Author: Legh, Thomas
Title: Narrative Of A Journey In Egypt And The Country Beyond The Cataracts
Publication: London: Printed for John Murray, 1816
Edition: First edition

Description: Hardcover. Quarto. viii, 157pp., 1 folding map, 1 folding specimen. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling on spine; raised bands. Tan endpapers. Frontispiece folding map of the Nile. Separate title pages for two chapters.

"...on their arrival at the Cataracts, when they found themselves on the borders of a comparatively new country, and were unexpectedly permitted to penetrate into the interior of Nubia, every object assumed an additional importance; and it is hoped that the novelty and curiosity of the observations made on the spot may in some measure compensate for the deficiencies of a work, which makes no pretension to scientific research, or depth of antiquarian erudition. For the hurried manner in which the Temples of Egypt are described, and in some places altogether passed over in silence, the Author has only to account, by referring his readers to the numerous Travels in that country already in the hands of the Public, from the writings of Pococke, Norden, and Niebuhr, down to the more recent Mémoires of the Savans of the French institute. To his fellow-traveler, the Rev. Charles Smelt, he is particularly indebted for the use of his Journal..." (Author preface).

The two chapters of the Narrative of a Journey in Egypt provide a detailed view of the culture, geography, and the historical landmarks of the country. The frontispiece folding map of the Nile, from the Cataracts to Ibrim, drawn by Legh and Smelt in 1813, the folding plate depicting Specimens of Thebaic Manuscripts, and the appendix with the Itinerary Through Syria by Sheckh Ibrahim and the Account of some Fragments of Thebaic Manuscripts on Leather, purchased by the author at the island of Elephantine, further enhance the value of this extraordinary travelog,

Binding with some wear along edges, light fraying at corners and tail of spine with some light scuffing on boards and spine. Title page with light smudging. Starting at page VI of preface and page 157, light smudging in margins of some pages. Binding in good-, interior in very good condition. Good- to very good condition.

Seller ID: 54663

Subject: Travel, Geography



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