Lot 522
Volney, C.F., comte de
Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
Description
Voyage en Syrie et en Egypt, pendant les années 1783, 84 et 85. Paris: Dugour et Durand, an VII [1799]. Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, 4 folding plates, folding plan and 2 (of 3) engraved maps, contemporary half calf, half-titles, rubbed; Sonnini, C.S. Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt. London: J. Debrett, 1800. 4to, engraved portrait and 27 plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt, blindstamped "G.C. Carleton" on upper boards, lacks map, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine, library stamp erased from frontispiece verso and ownership inscription erased from head of title, slightly spotted; [Egypt] Bulletin trimestriel de la Société Khédiviale de Géographie du Caire. Cairo, 1876. 8vo, 7 folding maps, cloth; 3 similiar Bulletins; Bowman-Manifold An outline of the Egyptian and Palestine campaigns, 1914 to 1918. 1929. 8vo, folding maps, original wrappers, worn; Shukry, M.F. Equatoria under Egyptian rule. Cairo, 1953. 4to, original wrappers, slightly rubbed (9)