The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, Esq. F.R.S. &c. His Britannic Majesty's Late Consul General in Egypt. 2 Vols

by J. J. Halls

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First edition

London: Richard Bentley, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xv, 502, viii, 440pp. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards with blind-stamped lettering, gilt ruling and tooling on spines; raised bands, protected by modern mylar. Red speckled edges. Green endpapers. Frontispiece engravings with tissue guards. Biography of the English artist, traveler, Egyptologist and Consul to his Majesty Henry Salt, rendered

• Binding: Hardcover

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