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EDWARDS, AMELIA (ANN) BLANFORD: - Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1892.

Title: Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1892.
Description: . Pp. xx, 325. With one portrait of the author and numerous illustrations throughout the text. Publisher's tan cloth, gilt, u.e.g. Traces of bookplate on front paste down. Second edition (first 1891), comprising lectures on ancient Egyptian subjects. Amelia Edwards was a profilic novelist who "arrived in Egypt - almost by accident, to get out of the European rain on a long holiday - and discovered what was to become her life's love ... In fact Amelia Edwards was responsible for founding the first chair in Egyptology (a science she helped create) at University College London." Robinson pp. 13-14.

Keywords: Africa, egypt, afrique, afrika, african, africa, travel, exploration, voyage

Price: EUR 280.00 = appr. US$ 304.32 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 99064

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