Fruits of Enterprize exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia;... interspersed with the Observations of a Mother to her Children. By the author of "The India Cabinet." Second Edition

[Wilson, Sarah (Atkins)]

Publication details: Harris and Son.1822,

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Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson (1801-1863) produced a wealth of material for the Harris stable, and this study on the Italian explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni is one of her earliest. It follows a dialogue form with a series of interractions between a mother and her children. This scarce early copy has the complete set of hand-coloured engravings, with views of "Belzoni with two Arabs in a Mummy Cave", "Belzoni viewing the Pyramid whilst his Companions enter it", and numerous others by an accomplished engraver. The book went through nine editions under this publisher; later editions included "A Short Account of the Traveller's death." (Belzoni died in 1823). According to WorldHub, only four UK libraries hold copies of this particular edition.

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hand-coloured engraved frontispiece (dated Nov.1st 1821) and 11 engraved plates (2 per page), title page with woodcut vignette of the Head of Memnon, faint offsetting from plates, contemporary ownership inscription 'Robert Broughton from his Affectionate Uncle, H A Broughton, Xmas, 1822' and bookplate of L.V. Grinsell on pastedown, (in all likelihood, Leslie Grinsell, renowned archaeologist, curator and prehistoric barrow specialist), pp. xii, 250, [11 plate leaves interspersed], [ii, ads], 8vo, contemporary salmon diced calf, spine with richly gilt panels, boards ruled in gilt, board edges worn, joints rubbed, front board with ink spot at upper edge, good

Bibliography: (Moon 982; not in Osborne or Gummuchian)

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