From sphinx to oracle. Through the Libyan Desert to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon .

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8vo, pp. xv, [1], 277, [3]; with 20 plates, 2 folding coloured maps, and illustrations in the text, title printed in red and black; some foxing to half-title, closed marginal tear to p. xv; very good in original pictorial blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper cover lettered in black with vignette, pale yellow endpapers; a little wear to extremities, a few marks to covers; two ownerships inscriptions to front free endpaper.First edition. 'The town of Siwa and its adjacent necropolis were bathed in the evening light, hedged round by a wall of mere mud and an impenetrable armour of fanaticism. It seemed difficult to realize it all: the flimsy material structure and the moral impregnability of this ancient citadel. Few Europeans had been allowed within its gates; none had penetrated into its secret recesses. Its doors were now opened to me, and some of its secrets might be revealed' (p. 170).

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Título

From sphinx to oracle. Through the Libyan Desert to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon .

Editor

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1899.

Fecha de publicación

1899

Encuadernación

Encuadernación de tapa dura

Edición

1ª Edición