EGYPT REVEALED: ARTIST-TRAVELLERS IN AN ANTIQUE LAND
Written by T.G.H. James
Published by Folio Society
in 1997
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- EGYPT
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
EGYPT REVEALED: ARTIST-TRAVELLERS IN AN ANTIQUE LAND
Written by T.G.H. James.
Stock no. 1830209
1st.
1997.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Elaborate blue pictorial cloth in Egyptian design. Colour & b/w illustrations. 224 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at corners, lower rear edge is starting to crack.
EGYPT REVEALED: ARTIST-TRAVELLERS IN AN ANTIQUE LAND
Written by T.G.H. James.
Stock no. 1829362
1st.
1997.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Elaborate blue pictorial cloth in Egyptian design. Colour & b/w illustrations. 224 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at lower edge.
Front cover
Contents
- PREFACE
- MAPS
- INTRODUCTION
- To set the scene
- CHAPTER ONE
- Seriously Intentioned Travellers
- CHAPTER TWO
- William John Bankes and Henry Salt
- CHAPTER THREE
- John Gardner Wilkinson - The First British Egyptologist
- CHAPTER FOUR
- Robert Hay and Company
- CHAPTER FIVE
- The Egypt Exploration Society
- CHAPTER SIX
- Howard Carter and the Role of the Artist
- TAILPIECE
- And What About the Camera
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- NOTES
- TRANSLATIONS AND SOURCES OF THE HEADING TEXT
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INDEX