Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner, Knight, Egyptologist, 1797-1875
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Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Wilkinson., 1847-1874.
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Identifier: MS.41278
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Letters, 1847-1874, of John Wilkinson to John Murray III. They concern various works of Wilkinson’s, including “Modern Egypt and Thebes”, his contribution to a new English version of Herodotus, further editions of his “Handbook for travellers in Egypt”, “The ancient Egyptians”, and “On colour and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1847: folios 1-58;1848-1850: folios 59-79;...
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1847-1874.
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