Shelfmark
Af.5.12
Additional shelfmark
Fq.1.08
Author
Title
History of the British expedition to Egypt; to which is subjoined, a sketch of the present state of that country and its means of defence. Illustrated with maps and a portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby. By Robert Thomas Wilson, ...
Edition
The second edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by C. Roworth, Bell Yard, Fleet Street, and sold by T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall., 1803.
Physical description
xxi, [1], 263, [3], 263-271, [1], 275-387, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill. (hand-col. maps, tables) ; 29 cm. (4to)
Note
Slip with directions to binder tipped in at end.
Note
Pagination irregular: an unnumbered leaf of "'Contents of the appendix" is inserted between 2L4 and 2M1, with leaves 2L4 and 2M1 both numbered as p. 263 on the recto.
Note
With a frontispiece portrait of the author.
Note
The maps are hand-coloured; the two folded inserted letterpress tables, outside the register, are numbered p. 273 and p. 308*.
Provenance
[Af.5.12] 18/19th-century bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
[Fq.1.08] Pencil inscription on first flyleaf: "W.J. Myers. ?60th Rifles Cairo", i.e. William Joseph Myers (1858-1899), at Eton 1872-1875. Myers bequeathed his collection of antiquities and his diary to Eton College.
Provenance
[Fq.1.08] 19th-century engraved armorial bookplate of John Cobb, with motto "Fuimus".
Binding
[Af.5.12] 19th century sprinkled calf; gold-tooled neoclassical borders; gold-tooled spine; red morocco spine label; gold roll on turn-ins; gold fillet on board edges; marbled endpapers.
Binding
[Fq.1.08] 19th-century calf half binding; marbled paper boards; gold fillets on spine and at edges of marbled paper.
Copy-specific note
[Af.5.12] Previous shelfmarks: Af.5.13, Af.5.14.
Copy-specific note
[Fq.1.08] Imperfect: wanting half-title and lacking the directions to binder slip.
Subject
Egypt History French occupation, 1798-1801.
Subject
Great Britain History, Military 1789-1820.
Added entry--name
Roworth, Charles, fl. 1799 - 1869 printer.
Added entry--name
Egerton, Thomas, fl. 1784 - 1830 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B9377