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Beschreibung : Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt by C. S. Sonnini, Illust. by engravings, 1800, English Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France by C. S. Sonnini London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1800. English language edition. XL, 730, (14) pp. Index and one page errata with publisher's advertisement of verso, 27 plates (here 16), 1 folding map (here missing). ( Here 11 plates and map are missing) Missing plates: 1,6,9,11,13-17,21.27. With engraved portrait of the author. Original Leather hardcover gold stamped lettering to spine. 25 x 19.5 cm. Translated from the French with translator's and author's prefaces. Condition: cover rubbed to edges and hinges of spine, spine damaged to top, most of pages with moderate foxing stains, brown paper, damping to plates. Consisting of portraits, view, plans, antiquities, plants, animals, etc., drawn on the spot, under the author's inspection. The engraved map of Egypt by Danville (here is missing) listed as plate xxvii, is bound in following the table of content at front, with 27 (here 16) engraved plates at rear. Sonnini was a French naturalist known for his 127 volumes Histoire naturelle. Intending to collect rare Egyptian birds he set out with Baron de Tott's expedition in 1777. On arrival in Alexandria he found orders to explore Egypt from Louis XVI awaiting him. Contains four tables with meteorological observations made at Rosetta during November 1777, December 1777, and February 1778, plus one table with observations made at Cairo during August 1777 Charles-Nicolas-Sigisbert Sonnini de Manoncourt (1 February 1751 – 9 May 1812) was a French naturalist. Between 1799 and 1808, Sonnini de Manoncourt wrote 127 volumes of the Histoire naturelle. Noteworthy among these, especially for herpetologists, is Histoire naturelle des Reptiles, avec figures desinees d'apres nature, in four volumes, which he wrote with Pierre Andre Latreille. This work includes descriptions and illustrations of many North American reptiles.
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Titel : Travels In Upper And Lower Egypt By C. S. Sonnini, EPOCHE : 1800
Größe : 25 x 19.5 cm
The Bidder, Auktionator, Gedera, IL 🔓Keine Kreditkarte nötig.
Verkaufstitel : Auction 90: Part A: Antique Rare books, Jewelry
Verkaufsdatum : 17/08/2022 🔓Keine Kreditkarte nötig.
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