Remarks on Several Parts of Turkey. Part I, Aegyptica, or Some Account of the Antient and Modern State of Egypt, as obtained in the years 1801 & 1802. London: T. Payne, Cadell and Davies, 1809. 2 volumes (text and atlas, all published). 4to (280 x 230 mm) and folio (582 x 427 mm). xii, 440 pp. Atlas volume containing map and 24 engraved plates. Modern three-quarter calf, gilt. Toning to leaves throughout text volume. Paper repair to upper margin of final four leaves, and another at 3F2. Some soiling to map heading Atlas volume, with crease. Scattered foxing throughout. FIRST EDITION of Hamilton's observations on Egypt, while accompanying a Turkish expeditionary force on a British Mission primarily to prevent the removal of antiquities by the French, including the Rosetta Stone. "There is much matter of interest to antiquarians and historians with regard to nearly all the names occurring in the map of Egypt; but the most important of its contents is his transcript of the "Greek Copy of the Decree on the Rosetta Stone," with a translation in English" (DNB). Atabey 553; Blackmer 780; Hilmy I, p 285.
Remarks on Several Parts of Turkey. Part I, Aegyptica, or Some Account of the Antient and Modern State of Egypt, as obtained in the years 1801 & 1802. London: T. Payne, Cadell and Davies, 1809. 2 volumes (text and atlas, all published). 4to (280 x 230 mm) and folio (582 x 427 mm). xii, 440 pp. Atlas volume containing map and 24 engraved plates. Modern three-quarter calf, gilt. Toning to leaves throughout text volume. Paper repair to upper margin of final four leaves, and another at 3F2. Some soiling to map heading Atlas volume, with crease. Scattered foxing throughout. FIRST EDITION of Hamilton's observations on Egypt, while accompanying a Turkish expeditionary force on a British Mission primarily to prevent the removal of antiquities by the French, including the Rosetta Stone. "There is much matter of interest to antiquarians and historians with regard to nearly all the names occurring in the map of Egypt; but the most important of its contents is his transcript of the "Greek Copy of the Decree on the Rosetta Stone," with a translation in English" (DNB). Atabey 553; Blackmer 780; Hilmy I, p 285.
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