This is the rating and price for [ Books ] Cailliaud, Frederic. Voyage a Meroe, au fleuve blanc, au- dela de Fazoqi clans le midi du royaume de Sennar, A Syouah et dans cinq autres oasis. Paris: 1823-1827 First Edition, 6 volumes, comprising 4 text volumes 8vo 208 x 122mm and 2

Description : [ Books ] Cailliaud, Frederic. Voyage a Meroe, au fleuve blanc, au- dela de Fazoqi clans le midi du royaume de Sennar, A Syouah et dans cinq autres oasis. Paris: 1823-1827 First Edition, 6 volumes, comprising 4 text volumes 8vo 208 x 122mm and 2 atlas volumes large folio 685 x 510mm.), text volumes: half-titles, 15 engraved plates, 12 hand- coloured, atlas volumes: half title in volume 1, 149 engraved and lithographed plates (lacking one plate, see footnote), uniformly bound in Contemporary Half Diced Russia By Hering (signed at foot of spine on volume 1 of text), spines gilt in compartments with raised bands, lacking plate XII from atlas (see footnote), care spotting, joints of atlas volumes slightly cracked, corners of plate volumes slightly rubbed A Rare Set with Both Text And Plate Volumes, All Uniformly Bound In A Contemporary Binding By Hering. This work provides an account of Cailliaud's second ourney in Egypt between 1819 and 1822 published in collaboration with Jomard. he visited the oasis of Siwah and Jupiter Ammon and accompanied the military expedition of Ismail Pasha (son of Mehmet Ali) to Nubia, where he explored the ruins of the ancient city of Meroe, remarkable for its two hundred pyramids. The work is of particular importance for its abundance of detail on contemporary Egypt, its people and antiquities. According to Blackmer, volume 1 of the atlas should contain 75 plates numbered 1-75 and volume 2 should contain 74 plates numbered 1-75 with plates 54 and 55 on the same sheet, giving a total of 149 plates. This copy contains 149 plates.. 75in volume 1 and 74in volume 2, however volume 1 has two different plates numbered 36 and lacks plate 41 References: Blackmer 270; Gay 2572; Hilmy 1, p.113
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