A THOUSAND MILES UP THE NILE

Edwards (A.B.)

Description:

Book Description: xxviii + 499pp. Cloth Pictorial Hardcover. Numerous b/w illustrations

Book Condition: Trace of rubbing to spine ends. EPS are heavily tanned. Otherwise a very good copy of this interesting work.

Amelia Edwards [1831-1892] prolific novelist, poet and travel writer. Her earliest 'travel' book was published in 1862 and was a children's picture book of Belguim. Edwards soon travelled further afield, journeying to the Dolomite mountains. The following year she travelled to Egypt and discovered what was to be the love of her life. Travelling by dahabiah (sailing boat peculiar to the Nile) and armed with a sketch-book she carefully recorded all she saw; temples, graves and monuments. Her book "A Thousand Miles Up the Nile" provided the first general archaeological survey of Egypts ruins. It earned her the admiration of the leading archaeologists of the day. The above work contains "the substance of a course of lectures on ancient Egyptian subjects recently delivered in the United States of America." Chapters include; "The Explorers in Egypt," "Buried Cities of Ancient Egypt," "Portrait Painting in Egypt," "Origin of Portrait Sculpture and the History of Ka," "Literature and Religion of Ancient Egypt," "Hieroglyphic Writings of teh Ancient Egyptians," and "Queen Hatsu, and Her Expedition to the Land of Punt.".

Details:

  • Publisher: George Routledge and Sons
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1888
  • Edition: 2nd Newly Revised Edition
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 228mm x 168mm x 30mm
  • Lot No: 251
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