Egypt ( La Mort De Philae ) Translated From The French by W.P. Baines. One of the Uniform 10-Volume set of Loti's oeuvre. Frontispiece is missing. msx
by Loti, Pierre
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London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd , 1909. Hardcover. In quite good condition. (Frontispiece missing)/No . Octavo, [20,5cm/8.5inches], full gilt and ebony-embossed adobe-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. vii, 309, indexed. Illustrated with 7 colour plates by A., (Augustus), Lamplough. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Philae is an island located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an important Egyptian temple complex. These rapids and the surrounding area have been variously flooded since the initial construction of the Aswan Low Dam circa 1898-1902. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project in the 1970s. Herein, Loti discusses the lose of the Ancient Egyptian temples. and gives us an admiable travelog, One critic noted: "Pierre Loti remains, in the mechanism of style and cadence, one of the most original and most perfect French writers of the second half of the 19th century."
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- Title
- Egypt ( La Mort De Philae ) Translated From The French by W.P. Baines. One of the Uniform 10-Volume set of Loti's oeuvre. Frontispiece is missing. msx
- Author
- Loti, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - In quite good condition. (Frontispiece missing)
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- Publisher
- T. Werner Laurie Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- Modern Egypt Ancient Travel
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