THE MONUMENTS OF EGYPT; OR EGYPT A WITNESS FOR THE BIBLE. WITH NOTES OF A VOYAGE UP THE NILE BY AN AMERICAN.
Book Details + Condition: G.P. Putnam (New York) and John Murray (London). First Edition, bound as thus, 1850. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one - 256 pp and 162 pp. Fully illustrated with plates and drawings: 12 plates including map, color lithograph frontispiece, color lithograph title page, 8 tinted lithographs and one full-page wood engraving. Green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine and front board. An intriguing travelogue depicting various sights found in and around Egypt. Chapters include: Interest Excited by Egypt; Voyage Up the Nile; Rosetta Stone; Examples of Egyptian Writing; General Appearance of Egyptian Ruins, Temples and Tombs; Art of Design in Ancient Egypt; The Wanderings; The Bondage and The Deliverance. An overall firm and clean copy, with cracked interior spine (binding remains tight); rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards, spine ends and edges; interior is clean and free of markings save normal age toning to pages, and light periodic foxing.
