Description
Copper engraved view of different Pyramids in Carnac and Luxxor in Egypt.
Condition
Fine condition, good visible plate mark.
Cartographer
Frederick Louis Norden, an eminent Danish traveller, was born 1708 in Gluckstadt, Holstein. He was a volunteer in the British fleet under Sir John Norris in the Mediterranean, having been previously sent by the king of Denmark to Egypt, to make drawings and observations of the ancient monuments of that country. These he executed with great fidelity, and his Travels in Egypt and Nubia. with plates, were splendidly printed in 3 vols. folio. Being elected a member of the Royal Society of London, he presented to that learned body his drawings of ruins and colossal statues at Thebes, of which he also published a memoir. Died, 1742. (Maunder, S. The biographical treasury. New ed. 1870.)
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Frederick Louis Norden: Premiere Vue des Ruines de Carnac.
Antique town view of Egypt, Pyramids. Printed in Paris by Didot l'ainé in 1795.
Africa - Norden, Frederick Louis - Premiere Vue des Ruines de Carnac