Norden, Frederick Lewis Travels in Egypt and Nubia ... Translated from the original published byhis Majesty the King of Denmark: and enlarged with observations fromancient and modern authors that have written on the antiquities of Egypt,by Dr. Peter Templeman London: Printed for Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers in Holborn; printers to the Royal Society, 1757 Danish explorer Frederik Ludvig Norden (1708-1742) travelled to Upper Egypt in 1737. His journal was posthumously published in Copenhagen, and soon thereafter in London First octavo edition, published the same year as the folio edition. 2 volumes bound in one vols., Tall 8vo. With 7 engraved folding plates (including map of the Nile from Cairo southward as frontispiece & plan of the harbor of Alexandria). Pp. xl, 154, 232, [6, ads]. Period dark calf, morocco spine label. Some browning to title and terminal leaf, scattered foxing throughout. Overall Very good, fresh copy. Wilbour Library Catalogue 490; cf. also (for first ed.) Cox I, 382/83; Gay 158; Ibrahim- Hilmy II, 74; Henze III, 622/623 Price: USD 1,250.00 other currencies   order no. 211668    inquire

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