Lot 4008: Gordon, Alexander (?1692-?1754). , An essay towards explaining the hieroglyphical figures, on the coffin of the ancient mummy belonging to Capt. William Lethieullier (An essay towards explaining the antient hieroglyphical figures, on the Egyptian

Name: Gordon, Alexander (?1692-?1754). , An essay towards explaining the hieroglyphical figures, on the coffin of the ancient mummy belonging to Capt. William Lethieullier (An essay towards explaining the antient hieroglyphical figures, on the Egyptian
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: jt9zpb6tgd

Est: £300 GBP - £500 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomMarch 13, 2008

Item Overview

Description

2 parts in one volume, folio (440 x 258mm.), [4], 16, iv, 10, [2]pp., illustration: 25 engraved plates, 2 in duplicate, binding: contemporary parchment-backed boards, edges uncut, binding rubbed

Artist or Maker

Alexander (1692) Gordon

Provenance

William Jones, name on prospectus

Notes

LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, 1737
first edition. Bound in at the end is a one-leaf prospectus for Gordon's Supplement to Monfaucon's Egyptian antiquities, made out to William Jones for the sum of four pounds twenty shillings, and signed by Gordon.

Auction Details

The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield Removed From Shirburn Castle. Part Eleven: English Books and Manuscripts

Sotheby's

March 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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