Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the peninsula of Sinai / by Richard Lepsius. With extracts from his Chronology of the Egyptians, with reference to the exodus of the Israelites. Rev. by the author; Translated by Leonora and Joanna B. Horner
London : H.G. Bohn, 1853. Revised edition (By author). Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-tooled cloth with illustrated end-papers detailing advertiser's catalogue. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Book contains errata slip. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 578 pages; Physical desc. : 1 p. L. , [5]-578 p : front. , illus. (incl. Music) 2 fold. Maps ; 19 cm. Subject: Antiquities. Ancient History. History. Bible - Chronology. Sinai (Egypt) - Antiquities. Egypt - Antiquities. Ethiopia - Antiquities. Notes: Appendix: Observations on the discovery, by Professor Lepsius, of sculptured marks on rocks in the Nile valley in Nubia; indicating that, within the historical period, the river had flowed at a higher level than has been known in modern times. By Leonard Horner. Includes bibliographical references and index. Translation of Briefe aus Aegypten, Aethiopien und der halbinsel des Sinai. Item #182083
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