Shelfmark
Ar.3.3.02 - Ar.3.3.01
Author
Uniform title
[Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie. English.]
Title
Travels in Egypt and Nubia / by Frederick Lewis Norden. F.R.S. captain of the Danish navy ; translated from the original published by command of his majesty the King of Denmark and enlarged with observations from ancient and modern authors, that have written on the antiquities of Egypt, by Dr. Peter Templeman.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, in Holborn; printers to the Royal Society, MDCCLVII. [1757]
Physical description
2 v., folded plates : ill., map ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note
Includes index, errata, and publisher's advertisements at end of vol. 2.
Note
Part printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed.
Note
The imprint to vol. 2 reads "printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn".
Note
Engraved head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T6299.
Citation/references note
Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 4106.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Vol. 1: modern brown calf binding, with 18th century russia board leather reattached; gold tooled decoration and letters on spine; dark grey and green marbled endpapers. Vol. 2: modern brown calf binding; gold tooled fillet frames on boards; gold tooled decoration and letters on spine; green, gold and red marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Text of vol. 2 bound in with vol. 1, with plates bound separately.
Subject
Egypt Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Davis, Lockyer, 1719 - 1791 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Reymers, Charles, active 1755 - 1768 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Bowyer, William, 1663 - 1737 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B32258