1898 Egypt

Description

Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The fourth edition.

In the publisher's original cloth binding. 

Illustrated with twenty-two maps (two folding), fifty-five plans (four folding), and sixty-six in-text views and vignettes. Collated, complete. 

This late nineteenth-century traveller's guide to Egypt provides forty-nine routes, with excursions to Alexandria, Cairo, the Museum of Gizeh, Thebes, the Temple of Sethos, and more. Preceded by practical hints and information on Egyptian historian, hieroglyphics, Egyptian art, and ancient religion. 

These 'Baedeker' handbooks set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists, conveniently designed to be carried around in a pocket and available for reference on maps and information regarding routes, travel facilities, noteworthy sights, attractions and museums, written by specialists.