ID 794592
Lot 212 | NORDEN, Frederik Ludvig (1708-1742).
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Travels in Egypt and Nubia. London: Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, 1757.
First edition in English of ‘the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt’ (Blackmer). Norden made a voyage through Egypt all the way down to Sudan in 1737-1738 at the request of King Christian VI of Denmark. He was the first European to penetrate as far as Derr in Nubia and to publish descriptions of any Nubian temples. An octavo version without plates appeared the same year, as well as an abridged 'compendium' published in Dublin. Blackmer 1211.
2 volumes bound in one, folio (462 x 284mm). Half-title to each volume, 2 engraved frontispieces, one a portrait, 162 plates, maps and plans, numbered 1-159 with nos 140-141 and 142-143 together, plates 17, 23, 27, 66, and 108 on two plates each, numerous engraved vignettes, initials, head- and tail-pieces (faint marginal staining at beginning and end, variable spotting). Modern speckled calf.
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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