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BELZONI, Giovanni Battista.
Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea....
A wonderful work from the Padovan explorer Belzoni on the archeological discoveries of Egypt and Nubia. Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823) sometimes known as The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He is best known for his removal to England of the seven-ton bust of Ramesses II, the clearing of sand from the entrance of the great temple at Abu Simbel, the discovery and documentation of the tomb of Seti I in 1817, including the Sarcophagus of Seti I, and the first to penetrate into the Pyramid of Khafre, the second pyramid of the Giza complex.
- Published
- London: John Murray, 1820.
- Plates
- 1
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: John Murray, 1820.
- Ref
- 5055
FIRST EDITION. Quarto vol in contemporary half green morocco, gilt-ruled over marbled boards, raised bands to spine. Frontispiece and title foxed; superbly illustrated, an extraordinary example of this most important travel narrative. Atlas volume (see entry 5511) with title, index of plates. In half brown calf, gilt-ruled over marbled boards raised bands in blind to spine. Belzoni was the first great archaeologist of Egypt, leading to several important excavations from 1815-19. He opened one of the two great pyramids of Giza, and several tombs of the Kings of Thebes, including that of Seti I. Belzoni's personal collection of antiquities, was sold by Sotheby's in 1822. Plates uncoloured, so not listed.
