[BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA]. Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavation, in Egypt and Nubia; And of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea, in Search of the Ancient Berenice; and Another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon. London: John Murray, 1822.
THIRD EDITION. Volume one only (of two); leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (21.5 x 13.5 x 3.5 cm); pp. xxxv, 438. English text. Bound in contemporary half calf; marbled paper-covered boards; half-title; portrait frontispiece; folding map and one further plate. Condition: GOOD. Neatly rebacked. Some light rubbing to covers. Foxing to frontis, title, and some terminal leaves, otherwise internally very clean. A well-preserved copy of volume one, here lacking the atlas volume two.
Notes: Rare third edition of this highly influential travel work, written by the notable 'Great Belzoni' and covering Egypt and Nubia. Lacking the atlas volume as is common with this work. Belzoni was a renowned archaeologist, specialising in Egyptian antiquities and perhaps best known for his removal of the bust of Ramesses II to England. The book documents Belzoni's many travels in the region including his discoveries of mummies in their original position and the documentation of the tomb of Seti.
