PROKESCH, Anton, Ritter von Osten.
Das Land zwischen den Katarakten des Nil. Mit einer Karte, ...
Vienna, Carl Gerold, 1831. 12mo (the book) and 17.5 x 25 cm (the folder with the folded map). With a separate large folding lithographed map (98 x 69 cm; image area 93 x 64 cm) assembled from 2 sheets, with the cultivated areas along the river hand-coloured in green as published, also showing 17 floor plans of temples and a plan of a Roman wall. The book in the publishers original light green paper wrappers and the map in a matching green paper folder. [8], 181, [3 blank] pp. plus folding table and separate map.
€ 3,750
A fine copy of a detailed and important archaeological survey of sites along the Nile and on its islands, between the first and second cataracts (now at the bottom of Lake Nassar). It covers many important ancient Egyptian and Nubian sites in detail. The map itself shows a 270 km stretch of the Nile from 21° 41' to 24° 9' N latitude from south of Wadi Halfa around what is now the border between Egypt and Sudan to Aswan around the ancient border between Egypt and Nubia. The sites covered include Abu Simbel, Wadi Halfa, the temple of Kalabsha, the island of Philae and many other famous cities and temples. Many copies lack the map, which was probably published separately as well.
Book and map in fine condition and virtually untrimmed as they came from the publisher, with only a few minor smudges on the wrapper and edges of the book. Splendid copy. D. Bertsch, Anton Prokesch von Osten (2005), pp. 171-176 & passim; for the map: IKAR (2 copies); not in Gay.
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