BEIN 1977 Folio 185: Restricted. Permission of curator needed for use. Accompanied by facsimiles of plates, housed separately and classed as 1977 Folio 185 2; some original plates removed from volume and replaced with facsimiles; original plates which...
Subject (Geographic):
Rome., Rome, and Campo Marzio (Rome, Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Architecture, Antiquities, and Description and travel
BEIR BByzL 88: Imperfect: all plates, except "The monument of Mr. John Stow ..." in v. 1, wanting. Added plate, "John Stowe, historian & antiquary ... Published May 10, 1792, by N. Smith ...," bound in at front of v. 1.
Publisher:
Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward
A man in Scottish dress kicks a bull as he cuts it with a knife crying, "Hoot! Damn yeen. Saul what de ye hoke for." Also pictured a abyssianian couple skin a lion. A sphynix with a confused look sits as a stream pours out from under his chair with a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 3, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt, Ethiopia., and Nile River.
Subject (Name):
Bruce, James, 1730-1794
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Antiquities, Clothing & dress, Scottish, Bulls, Crabs, Crocodiles, Frogs, Lions, Monkeys, Tents, and Tourists
BEIN 2006 Folio 99: Imperfect: wanting the third plate of the third section. Inscription: "Presented to Mr. S.A.W. Patterson, March 15, 1901. Purchased in the City of Mexico, 1847-8, during the war with that country by W.W.H. Davis." Cover title: Recu...
The first comprehensive description of ancient and modern Egypt, compiled by the 165 members of the Institut de l'Égypte established by Napoleon to accompany his expedition to Egypt in 1798-1801. This exhaustive survey of all aspects of ancient and m...
Alternative Title:
Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'éxpédition de l'armée française
Description:
All volumes except double elephant folios have half-title: Description de l'Égypte.
Publisher:
De Imprimerie impériale
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt. and Egypt
Subject (Topic):
Natural history, Scientific expeditions, Civilization, Language and culture, Art, Music, Antiquities, and Atlases