Author: LEPSIUS, RICHARD (1810-1884)
Title: Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the peninsula of Sinai
Description: 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. 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.Weight in Kg appr.:

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