A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai, and Back Again. Translated from a Manuscript

Edité par Printed for William Bowyer, London, 1758

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Octavo. 168pp., 2 folding plates. Original calf with gilt double ruling on covers, gilt lettering and ruling on red leather label of spine; raised bands, protected by modern mylar. Written by the Prefetto of Egypt, in company with some Missionaries de propaganda fide at Grand Cairo. To which are added Remarks on the Origin of Hieroglyphics, and the Mythology of the ancient Heathens. Dedicated to The Society of Antiquaries, London. Laid in two copies of correspondence between Trier University and Michael S. Sanders, an antiquarian bookseller in Irvine, California. Translation of the journal of the Prefetto of the Franciscans in Egypt describing his travels from the Convent in Cairo to Sinai and the character of the wilderness of Sinai, particularly a place called Gebel el Mokatab, or the Written Mountains. The translator hopes that the careful translation of the journal should spark a revival of the Hebrew character. Part two of the journal is concerned with the origins of Hieroglyphics and Mythology. Illustrated with two folding plates depicting mythological figures and symbols. At rear an index of texts and scripture illustrated and an index of the places and principal matters. Binding with light wear along edges, small chips at corners, light staining on front and back cover. Endpapers browned along edges with Brinfield Public Library labels at front and back. Title page an following five pages with some ink stains. Stain at upper foredge. plates at rear with some fraying along foredges, some light damp-staining of images, small closed tears. Binding and plates in good-, interior in good to good+ condition.…

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Titre
A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai, and Back Again. Translated from a Manuscript
Auteur
[Clayton, Robert] (Robert Lord Bishop of Clogher)
Éditeur
Printed for William Bowyer, London
Année de publication
1758
État de l'article
Good- to good+ condition
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Hardcover
Édition
Second edition.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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