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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9789774245251
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
ISBN-10
9774245253
ISBN-13
9789774245251
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1156667
Product Key Features
Book Title
Description of Egypt : Notes and Views in Egypt and Nubia
Number of Pages
786 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
General, Essays & Travelogues, Middle East / Egypt, Middle East / Egypt (See Also Ancient / Egypt)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.3 in
Item Weight
53.8 Oz
Item Length
6.4 in
Item Width
9.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-503178
Reviews
''Jason Thompson's exact and dedicated edition deserves much praise.'' --Astene Newsletter, June 2002. ''Thompson, a historian at AUC, has done signal service in taking a manuscript dating from 1831 and preparing it for publication so many years later; AUC Press deserves praise for making so major a work available, and at so reasonable a price.'' -- Middle East Quarterly "In all, the appearance of this major work of scholarship at this late date is a major boon to the study of Egypt's history between the pharaohs and 18280.'' -- Middle East Quarterly
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
916.204/3
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text and the Illustrations Descriptions of Egypt Introduction 1. The Harbours and City of Alexandria 2. The Environs of Alexandria 3. Voyage from Alexandria to the Nile 4. Physical Sketch of Egypt 5. Reshee'd, or Rosetta 6. Voyage up the Branch of Reshee'd 7. The Eastern Branch of the Nile, and the adjacent districts, & c 8. Historical Illustrations of the Topography of Musr (or Cairo) 9. Boo'la'ck 10. Description of Musr (or Cairo) 11. The Citadel of Musr, or Cairo 12. The Environs of Masr, or Cairo 13. The Moos'lim Dynasties in Egypt 14. History of Mohham'mad 'Al'ee, and of the remarkable events which have taken place in Egypt since its evacuation by the French, in the year 1801 15. The Pyramids of El-Gee'zeh 16. The Pyramids of Ab'oo Seer, Sack'cka'rah, and Dah'shoo'r, and the site, remains, &c., of the City of Memphis 17. Ordinary circumstances of the Voyage up the Nile 18. From Musr to Ben'ee Soowey'f 19. El-Feiyoo'm 20. From Ben'ee Soowey'f to El-Min'yeh 21. El-Min'yeh, Ben'ee Hhas'an, and Antinoë 22. Hermopolis Magna, &c., to Asyoo't 23. Asyoo't, &c., -- Den'dar'a 24. Ggir'ga, Abydos, & c. -- to Thebes 25. Ckin'ë, Ckooft, Ckoo's, &c., to Thebes 26. Thebes 27. Armen't, &c. -- Is'na 28. Eilethyia -- Ad'foo 29. Geb'el es-Sil'sil'eh -- Ko'm Oom'boo, &C., to Aswa'n 30. Elephantine, Aswa'n, the Cataracts, &c. 31. Philæ, and its environs 32. The Nubians 33. Debo'd, and Ckurda'she, &c. 34. Ta'feh and Ckala'b'sheh 35. Dendoo'r, Gur'f Hhosey'n, Dek'keh, &c. 36. Wa'dee es-Sooboo'a, Hhassa'yeh, and Ed-Dir'r 37. Ibree'm, &c. -- to Ab'oo Sim'bel 38. Ab'oo Sim'bel, Absem'bel 39. From Ab'oo Sim'bel to Wa'dee Hhal'fa Supplement. On the Ancient Egyptians 1. Their origins and physical characteristics. 2. Origin of the civilization of Egypt. 3. On Hieroglyphics. 4. Religion and Laws. 5. The Priesthood. 6. The Kings. 7. The Military Caste. 8. The Inferior Castes. 9. General manners and customs, &c. 10. Sacred Architecture, Sculpture, &c. 11. Agriculture, &c. 12. Manufactures and Commerce. List of Illustrations Bibliography
Synopsis
The launching of this hitherto unpublished book by the great nineteenth-century British traveler Edward William Lane (1801-76), a name known to almost everyone in all the many fields of Middle East studies, is a major publishing event. Lane was the author of a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), his translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1839-41), Selections from the Kur-an (1843), and the Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93). Yet one of his greatest works was never published: after years of labor and despite an enthusiastic reception by the publishing firm of John Murray in 1831, publication of his first book, Description of Egypt, was delayed and eventually dropped, mainly for financial reasons. The manuscript was sold to the British Library by Lane's widow in 1891, and has only now been salvaged for publication by Dr. Jason Thompson, nearly 170 years after its completion. This enormously important book, which takes the form of a journey through Egypt from north to south, with descriptions of all the ancient monuments and contemporary life that Lane explored along the way, will be of immense interest to both ancient and modern historians of Egypt, and will become an essential companion to his Manners and Customs. ''Jason Thompson's exact and dedicated edition deserves much praise.''-Astene Newsletter, June 2002. ''Thompson, a historian at AUC, has done signal service in taking a manuscript dating from 1831 and preparing it for publication so many years later; AUC Press deserves praise for making so major a work available, and at so reasonable a price.''-Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly, June 2001. ''In all, the appearance of this major work of scholarship at this late date is a major boon to the study of Egypt's history between the pharaohs and 18280.''-Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly, June 2001., An enormously important book, taking the form of a journey through Egypt from north to south, describing all of the ancient monuments and contemporary life of the time, The launching of this hitherto unpublished book by the great nineteenth-century British traveler Edward William Lane (1801-76), a name known to almost everyone in all the many fields of Middle East studies, is a major publishing event. Lane was the author of a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), his translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1839-41), Selections from the Kur-an (1843), and the Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93). Yet one of his greatest works was never published: after years of labor and despite an enthusiastic reception by the publishing firm of John Murray in 1831, publication of his first book, Description of Egypt , was delayed and eventually dropped, mainly for financial reasons. The manuscript was sold to the British Library by Lane's widow in 1891, and has only now been salvaged for publication by Dr. Jason Thompson, nearly 170 years after its completion. This enormously important book, which takes the form of a journey through Egypt from north to south, with descriptions of all the ancient monuments and contemporary life that Lane explored along the way, will be of immense interest to both ancient and modern historians of Egypt, and will become an essential companion to his Manners and Customs . ''Jason Thompson's exact and dedicated edition deserves much praise.''-Astene Newsletter, June 2002. ''Thompson, a historian at AUC, has done signal service in taking a manuscript dating from 1831 and preparing it for publication so many years later; AUC Press deserves praise for making so major a work available, and at so reasonable a price.''-Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly , June 2001. ''In all, the appearance of this major work of scholarship at this late date is a major boon to the study of Egypt's history between the pharaohs and 18280.''-Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly , June 2001., The launching of this hitherto unpublished book by the great nineteenth-century British traveler Edward William Lane (1801-76), a name known to almost everyone in all the many fields of Middle East studies, is a major publishing event. Lane was the author of a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), his translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1839-41), Selections from the Kur-an (1843), and the Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93). Yet one of his greatest works was never published: after years of labor and despite an enthusiastic reception by the publishing firm of John Murray in 1831, publication of his first book, Description of Egypt, was delayed and eventually dropped, mainly for financial reasons. The manuscript was sold to the British Library by Lane's widow in 1891, and has only now been salvaged for publication by Dr. Jason Thompson, nearly 170 years after its completion. This enormously important book, which takes the form of a journey through Egypt from north to south, with descriptions of all the ancient monuments and contemporary life that Lane explored along the way, will be of immense interest to both ancient and modern historians of Egypt, and will become an essential companion to his Manners and Customs. ''Jason Thompson's exact and dedicated edition deserves much praise.''--Astene Newsletter, June 2002. ''Thompson, a historian at AUC, has done signal service in taking a manuscript dating from 1831 and preparing it for publication so many years later; AUC Press deserves praise for making so major a work available, and at so reasonable a price.''--Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly, June 2001. ''In all, the appearance of this major work of scholarship at this late date is a major boon to the study of Egypt's history between the pharaohs and 18280.''--Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly, June 2001.
LC Classification Number
DT53.L36 2000
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