Shelfmark
Ar.4.02
Main entry--corporate name
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey.
Title
Ordnance survey of the peninsula of Sinai. : In three parts. [made with the sanction of the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, bart., secretary of state for war, by Captains C.W. Wilson and H.S. Palmer, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James...director-general of the Ordnance survey. Pub. by authority of the lords commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.]
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Southampton : Ordnance survey office. 1869-1871.]
Physical description
5 v. : plates (part col.) maps, charts ; 57 cm.
Note
Plates include landscapes, surveys of archaeological sites, and natural history specimens.
Note
Statement of responsibility taken from preface.
Formatted contents note
Contents: pt. 1. Account of the origin, progress and results of the survey (with illustrations)--pt. 2. Maps, plans and sections [in portfolio]--pt. 3. Photographic views (in 3 vols.): Suez to Mount Sinai (Jebel Musa) Wady Feiran and Mount Serbal. Sinaitic and Egyptian inscriptions.
Provenance
Eton College school bookplate. Dono dedit: His Majesty's Treasury.
Binding
Late 19th century brown half learther; boards covered in dark green pebble grain cloth; gold stamped decoration on spine; olive green endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect copy: Eton College holds volume 1 only.
Copy-specific note
Accession date: Nov. 1902
Subject
Inscriptions, Egyptian.
Subject
Inscriptions Egypt Shamāl Sīnāʾ.
Subject
Natural history Egypt Shamāl Sīnāʾ.
Subject
Sinai (Egypt) Antiquities.
Subject
Sinai (Egypt) Surveys.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Palmer, H. Spencer, 1838 - 1893 (Henry Spencer),
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Great Britain. Treasury, donor.
Added entry--place
England Southampton.
Identifier
B32256