EGYPT -- MAILLET, (B.) de. Description de l'Égypte, contenant plusieurs remarques curieuses sur la geographie ancienne et moderne de ce païs. (2nd éd.). The Hague, I. Beauregard, 1740. 2 vols. (26), 328; (2), 397, (11) pp. W. fold. engr. portr., fold. map & 7 fold. engr. plates. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt backs, sides ruled in filt, inside dentelles, red labels & red edges. (Extremities a bit dam., small stamps on ti., (heavily) browned/foxed in places).
Benoit de Maillet was a well-travelled French diplomat and natural historian. He was French consul general at Cairo, and overseer in the Levant. - Cf. Blackmer, 1062 (Paris edition).€ 300
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