Item details: General View of the Pyramids
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£ 125.00
BELZONI, Giovanni Battista
General View of the Pyramids
Imprint: London, John Murray, 1820
285 x 470 mm., in early wash colour, otherwise in good condition.
This fine hand coloured engraving is from Giovanni Battista Belzoni's 'Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia' published in London 1820 by John Murray. It was one of the most influential and impressive books published on Egyptology. Abbey Travel 268; Blackmer 117.
Stock number:8072.