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    25 February 1998

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    Lot 175

    BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations in Egypt and Nubia. London, 1820. 44 engraved plates and maps on 34 leaves (including 40 hand-colored plates). Folio, contemporary boards, rebacked, some wear to edges and corners; slight staining to a few plates, light marginal dust soiling. Abbey Travel 268 -- Description of the Egyptian Tomb. London, 1821. Engraved folding map. 8vo, old boards, contemporary blue wrappers bound in; library stamps in various places.

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    BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations in Egypt and Nubia. London, 1820. 44 engraved plates and maps on 34 leaves (including 40 hand-colored plates). Folio, contemporary boards, rebacked, some wear to edges and corners; slight staining to a few plates, light marginal dust soiling. Abbey Travel 268 -- Description of the Egyptian Tomb. London, 1821. Engraved folding map. 8vo, old boards, contemporary blue wrappers bound in; library stamps in various places.

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