1819 1st ed Forbin Travels in EGYPT Levant Voyages Pyramids Sphinx Jerusalem

1819 1^st ed Forbin Travels in EGYPT Levant Voyages Pyramids Sphinx Jerusalem

Nicolas Philippe de Forbin was an early 19^th-century French historian and art antiquary, who, in 1817, set out on a voyage to the Levant to view, study, and acquire ancient pieces of art. The voyage took Forbin and his traveling party to the Holy Land and Jerusalem, Syria, Athens, Constantinople, and even the Dead Sea.

His journal of the excursion covers his discoveries giving special attention to the Egyptian pyramids and the Great Sphinx. This undated first English edition includes impressive sketch illustrations of ruins, the Temple of Karnak, ruins of ancient Jericho, Castle at Cairo, the Pyramids at Giza, and the ancient walls of Jerusalem. A highly desirable work of Middle Eastern voyages!

Item number: #14024

Price: $499

FORBIN, Count Nicolas Philippe de

Travels in Egypt, being a continuation of the Travels in the Holy Land, in 1817-18

London : Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, [1819]. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [4], 95, [1]
  • 7 engraved plates
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)

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