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A Journey to Two of the Oases of Upper Egypt by Sir Archibald Edmonstone, Bart. John Murray, London, 1822, First Edition . Folding frontis map, with 12 full-page engravings (Complete), 152 pp, full original leather, 9 x 5.5”, 8vo. In fair condition. Ex-library of Ambassador College Library Pasadena, California. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to corners and edges. Superficial scratches and rubbing to surface of leather. Hinges have been hastily repaired with old library tape. Joints are darkened and appear to have remnants of old glue. Simple gilt ruled spine has darkened from wear and age. Slight loss at tail. “Fresh” end papers with dampness staining at center of original fly. Folding map is in good working order with some foxing and light offsetting to title. Light toning throughout with minor instances of foxing. Free of known markings. Binding intact. Rear gutter soiled from non-archival adhesives used in repair. Please see photos. Sir Archibald Edmonstone , 3rd Baronet (1795 – 1871) was a British traveller and writer. Edmonstone, the eldest son of Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet, by his first wife Emma, fifth daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle of Rode Hall, Cheshire, and sister of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale, was born at 32 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, on 12 March 1795, and entered Eton in 1808. He removed in 1812 to Christ Church, Oxford, where he proceeded B.A. on 29 November 1816. In 1819 he went to Egypt, where he visited and explored two of the oases in the great desert, of which he published an account, with views and plans of the ruined temples and tombs. On the death of his father, 1 April 1821, he succeeded to the baronetcy, and fruitlessly contested his father's parliamentary constituency, Stirlingshire, 24 May 1821. A very scarce work complete with rare map and all plates! “In 1819 Edmonstone went to Egypt, where he visited and explored two of the oases in the great desert, of which he published an account, with views and plans of the ruined temples and tombs.” RAREB1822FORR - 12/22 FORN-SHELF-0459-BB-2410-HKREV155
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