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Égyptologie
1794) confused the source of the Nile Blue with the one of the Nile, but discovered the
confluent with the White Nile in 1771.
▲ Provenance : Carteret (handwritten mention).
Joint
, same author and binding : (1). Voyage aux sources du Nil, en Nubie, et en Abyssinie.
Londres, s.n., 1790 [- 1792], 2 vol. in-8° (pp. browned, foxing). T. 1 & 13 (of 14, Atlas incl.);
1
st
ed. of the translation.— (2). L'Égypte et la Mer Rouge. Limoges, Barbou, [1882], in-8°
(foxing, marginal ligth dampstain throughout with sometimes mould).
¶ Atlas seul illustré de 3 cartes dépl. et 79 planches (plantes, plans, autochtones en costumes
traditionnels...). Pleine toile moderne (pp. de texte brunies, pl. lég., rouss.). Avec 2 ouvr. de Bruce joints.
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BUDGE, Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis.- Cook's
handbook for Egypt and the Sûdân. Second edition.
London, Thos. Cook, 1906.
In-8°; vignettes in the text and 9 coloured folding maps, one in a pocked at the end of the work (small damages
on the first pp.).
Publisher's binding : black cloth, gilt title on upper board, flat spine with gilt title, red sprinkled edges (two circle
scratches on upper board).
Est.
:
200/ 250 €
Touristical guide exploring the most famous cities, monuments and temples accompanied
with historical descriptions : Alexandria, Museum of Egyptian Antiquities of Cairo, Pyramids
of Saqqara, Faiyum and Lake Moeris, Luxor, Karnak, Abu Simbel, Karthoum, etc. Preceded
by an introduction on the history, hieroglyphs, religion, architecture, etc. and with an
interesting English-Arabic vocabulary. Budge (1857-1934) made numerous trips to Egypt
ans Sudan to buy antiquities for the British Museum.
¶ Seconde édition de ce guide de voyage illustré. Pleine toile noire d'édition.
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Ens. 3 ouvr. en 6 vol.
-
BUDGE, Ernest Alfred
Thompson Wallis.- The Egyptian Sûdân. Its history and monuments. With
numerous illustrations.
London, Kegan Paul Trench (printed by Gilbert & Rivington), 1907.
2 vol. in-8° (foxing to some pp. and tissue guards, some tissue guards stuck on the plates in vol. I).
Publisher's binding : bordeaux cloth, upper boards with gilt illustration and title, flat spines with gilt title, gilt top
edges (joints of vol. I repaired, wears or stains, edges and corners dulled).
Est.
:
250/ 300 €
First edition
of this journey made by Budge (1857-1934) into Sudan. Profusely illustrated
with vignettes, full-pages and plates, some folding, protected by tissue guards figuring
the Pyramid of Murtek, plans (cataract of Semna and Kumma, Temple at Gebel Barkal,
pyramids of El-Kurru...), Nile at Kassingar, Aswan in 1904, British cemetery on the Atbara
in 1898, Mosque at Khartoum, altar with Meroitic inscriptions, etc. Budge made numerous
trips to Egypt and Sudan to buy antiquities for the British Museum.
▲ Provenance : Richard William Alan Onslow (1876-1945), 5
th
Earl of Onslow, British peer,
diplomat and parliamentary (emblazoned ex-libris); New College, Oxford (id. + stamps,
copy given by R.W.A. Onslow).
# Blackmer 1174.
Joint
, same author, illustrated, in-8° publisher's cloth : (1). Books on Egypt and Chaldea.
Egyptian ideas of the future life. London, 1899, 3 vol. (small defects and some foxing).— (2).
The Nile. Notes for travellers in Egypt. 10
th
edition. London; Cairo, 1907 (slightly browned,
spine detached).
¶ Édition originale du récit de voyage au Soudan de Budge abondamment illustré. Pleine toile bordeaux
d'éd. (rouss. à qqs pp., mors du vol. I restaurés). Avec 2 ouvr. de Budge joints.