LAUGHTON, George. The History of ancient Egypt ... together with the state of the religion, laws, arts, sciences and government: from the first settlement under Mizraim, in the year before Christ 2188 to the final subversion of the empire by Cambyses..., London: T. Cadell, 1774. 8, half title, one full-page engraved illustration (occasional very light marginal thumb-soiling), contemporary boards (rebacked with calf), uncut. FIRST EDITION.