Travels In Upper And Lower Egypt, During The Campagns Of General Bonaparte. By Vivant Denon. Translated From The French. by Denon, Vivant / Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon, 1747-1825. Kendal, E. A. Aikin, Arthur, translator - 1802: To which is prefixed, An Historical Account Of The Invasion Of Egypt By The French. By E. A. Kendal, Esq. Illustrated By Maps, Views, &c. &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.

VOLUME TWO ONLY. Of the tombs of Thebes which the writer was able to examine, he writes (p. 177), "I observed every thing I met with, and put into my pockets all the portable fragments I found: among the latter was a charming little patera, of baked earth, a morsel worthy of the best age of the arts... figures of divinities in sycamore-wood, carved with extraordinary freedom; locks of fine, soft, and flaxen hair; a little foot of a mummy... doubtlessly the foot of a young lady, of a princess... In obtaining this, I seemed to obtain a favour, and commit an amorous larceny on the line of the Pharoahs!" Irregular paging: 1-96, 111-112, 97-110, plate 7 (Arms of the Mamlucs" "to face p. 110, Vol. II" (verso blank); pages 113- 285; Plate 6, "An Assembly of Shechs", facing p. 135; "Appendix To The Translation", 15 leaves following p. 285; Index, 6 leaves following Appendix; "Books printed for B. Crosby and Co." on verso of last leaf; 22 cm. Bound in textured dark-blue boards; ex-library with call marks on spine and inside front cover; upper 6 cm. of spine label torn away, hinges cracking but firm; withal Good. VOLUME TWO ONLY. Stock#ofc0883.