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FREDERICK LEWIS NORDEN (1708-1742)
Travels in Egypt and Nubia. London: Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, 1757. 2 volumes, 2° (470 x 293mm). Half-titles, two engraved frontispieces, 162 engraved plans, views and maps, 4 folding on two sheets joined, numbered 1-159. (Light browning or offsetting to titles, some minor spotting or browning to a few plates, short tears to plates 17 and 66.) Contemporary diced russia gilt, covers with tooled border and spine tooled in eight compartments, lettering pieces in the second and third (joints partially split, light wear to extremities with small losses). Provenance: John Clevland (c.1707-1763), (book label pasted inside upper cover) -- John Clevland (1734-1817), (armorial bookplate pasted over book label) -- by descent to the present owners.
THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of 'this important work... the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt... its plates are the most significant previous to those by Denon' (Blackmer). First published in French (1752-1755), Norden's work was the result of surveys made in 1737-8 of the ancient monuments in Egypt, at the order of Christian VI of Denmark. He was the first European to penetrate as far as Derr in Nubia, and produced 'the first coherent maps of the country' (Howgego). Blackmer 1211; Hilmy, p. 74. (2)
Travels in Egypt and Nubia. London: Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, 1757. 2 volumes, 2° (470 x 293mm). Half-titles, two engraved frontispieces, 162 engraved plans, views and maps, 4 folding on two sheets joined, numbered 1-159. (Light browning or offsetting to titles, some minor spotting or browning to a few plates, short tears to plates 17 and 66.) Contemporary diced russia gilt, covers with tooled border and spine tooled in eight compartments, lettering pieces in the second and third (joints partially split, light wear to extremities with small losses). Provenance: John Clevland (c.1707-1763), (book label pasted inside upper cover) -- John Clevland (1734-1817), (armorial bookplate pasted over book label) -- by descent to the present owners.
THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of 'this important work... the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt... its plates are the most significant previous to those by Denon' (Blackmer). First published in French (1752-1755), Norden's work was the result of surveys made in 1737-8 of the ancient monuments in Egypt, at the order of Christian VI of Denmark. He was the first European to penetrate as far as Derr in Nubia, and produced 'the first coherent maps of the country' (Howgego). Blackmer 1211; Hilmy, p. 74. (2)
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