Drawings of some ruins and colossal statues at Thebes in Egypt : with an account of the same in a letter to the Royal Society.
Published / Created:
[London] : [s.n.], MDCCXLI [1741]
Physical Description:
16 p., IV leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDT73.T3 N67 1741+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsDT73.T3 N67 1741+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Letter signed, p. 4: F.L. Norden.Engravings by Markus Tuscher and George Vertue; after Frederik Norden. Printed with green ink.Signatures: A-B⁴.Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 1348English short title catalogue, T34954BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 in original gray paper wrappers. Large paper copy, 31 cm., untrimmed and stitched. Plates printed in green. Copy 2 is also a large paper copy, bound in contemporary gray boards. Plates printed in green, sepia, black and green, respectively. Bookplate: John Topham, Esq.LWL 49 1348 8: Horace Walpole's copy, in a volume with his bookplate and press mark. A note on the title-page in an unidentified hand is partly removed by trimming. No. [8] in volume labelled: Miscellanies.LWL 49 1348 8: Unidentified Manuscript notes.
Subject Terms:
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800. | Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Temples -- Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city) -- Early works to 1800. | Egypt -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800. | Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 -- Ownership. | Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 -- Bookplate. | Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 -- Ms. notes. | Topham, John -- Bookplate.