Lettres d’Egypte et de Nubie. Septembre 1850 à…

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4to., Contemporary brown blindstamped cloth, hand-lettered spine title, all edges gilt, 25.6×17.5×2 cm, Privately published, Londres, 1852, iv, [2], 172 pp, Folding map frontis on blue paper, 26 lithograph plates, 10 in color, two folding, Very good, spine slightly cocked, spine head pulled, a few leaves have a short crease from a hard bookmark, French text. Scarce. Gift inscription from J.L. Prevost to Fanny H. Forget on the ffep. Melly was a cotton merchant with keen interest in entomology. His collect of specimens now resides in the Geneva Natural History Museum. printed for private distribution to family and friends of the authors. weight: 1.5 lb.