Author: Major R. H. Brown
Title: The Fayum and Lake Moeris
Description: London, Edward Stanford, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of R. H. Brown's fascinating study on the ancient Lake Moeris in Egypt, with many photographic plates by the author. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty eight monochrome illustrations, including vignettes, photographic plates and a folding map to the rear. Collated, complete. This work was written by Major Robert Hanbury Brown, and provides a study on lake Moeris, an ancient freshwater lake located in Egypt. The work discusses the Faiyum Oasis where the lake is said to have been located, and Brown's experiences of the restoration of the area. The work also provides his opinion on where the Lake would have been located within Faiyum, and what it was. In the original publisher's cloth. In the original publisher's cloth. Externally very smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities, and very slight marks to the boards. Marks to the endpapers. Internally binding tender in places. Pages bright with generally clean pages with spotting to the folding plate to the rear. Very Good . Ill.: Major R. H. Brown. Very Good .

Keywords: First edition Photography Tapography Ancient Egypt Photography Egypt Travel Major R. H. Brown


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