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BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1778-1823. Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations ... in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1822. image 1
BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1778-1823. Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations ... in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1822. image 2
BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1778-1823. Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations ... in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1822. image 3
BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1778-1823. Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations ... in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1822. image 4
BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1778-1823. Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations ... in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1822. image 5
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BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1778-1823.
Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations ... in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1822.

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BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1778-1823.

Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations ... in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1822.
Atlas volume only. Folio (584 x 457 mm). 44 lithographed or engraved plates on 34 sheets, most hand-colored, 2 of which are folding. Folding plates with creases and short repaired tears at folds and some reinforcement to verso, faint foxing mainly to preliminary leaves, plate list with early manuscript annotation.
*WITH:
Six New Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations ... in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1822.
6 hand-colored lithographed plates, 4 of which are folding. Folding plates with creases and trimmed at folds, reinforced on verso of folds.
Bound together in contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt lettered. Endpapers foxed, dampstain in gutter margin at tail, boards and spine ends rubbed.

SECOND EDITION, WITH FIRST EDITION OF THE RARE SUPPLEMENT VOLUME PUBLISHED IN 1822. Published to accompany Belzoni's Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries ... in Egypt and Nubia, Abbey noting that "As many as eight colours are used on one plate for the coloured illustrations, and the colouring is skillfully done" (Abbey Travel 286). Blackmer 117.

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