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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 210

NORDEN (FREDERICK LEWIS NORDEN)
Travels in Egypt and Nubia, 2 vol. in 1, 8vo (5)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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NORDEN (FREDERICK LEWIS NORDEN)

Travels in Egypt and Nubia, 2 vol. in 1, 7 engraved maps and plates (some folding), Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymer, Pritners to the Royal Society, 1757--IRWIN (EYLES) A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt, half-title, Dublin, W. Slater, 1780, 3 folding engraved maps, contemporary calf--SONNINI (CHARLES NICOLAS) Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, Undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France, 3 vol., translated by Henry Hunter, 40 engraved plates and maps (one folding), contemporary half morocco, John Stockdale, 1799, 8vo (5)

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Provenance: Marcus Gage, ownership inscription, the Sonnini with note "Bought at Mr. Archs/November 1799. Nine -".

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