Author: JAMES, T. G. H. (THOMAS GARNET HENRY)
Title: Egypt revealed : artist-travellers in an antique land / T.G.H. James
Description: London : Folio Society 1997. 1st edition - The Folio Society. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth in pictorial publisher's slip-case. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 224 pages; Physical description. : 224 p : ill. (some col. ). maps ; 27 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214) and index. Contents: Preface -- Maps -- To set the scene -- Seriously intentioned travellers -- William John Bankes and Henry Salt -- John Gardner Wilkinson: the first British Egyptologist -- Robert Hay and Company -- The Egypt Exploration Society -- Howard Carter and the role of the artist -- And what about the camera? -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Translations and sources of the heading texts -- List of illustrations -- Index. Subject: Egyptologists - Biography. Archaeological illustration - Egypt. Egypt - Antiquities - Pictorial works.Weight in Kg appr.:

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