Accession number
PML 143986
Creator
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822.
Published
Cambridge : Printed by R. Watts at the University Press for J. Mawman, 1805.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
The sarcophagus described by Clarke as the tomb of Alexander the Great was eventually determined to be that of King Nectanebo II. Cf. British Museum online collection database.
Illustrated with plates by Anker Smith, and T. Medland after Henry Howard, Denon, and W. Alexander; four of the five plates are etched and engraved; plate by Medland after Alexander is an aquatint printed in green.
Appendix: Extract from a manuscript life of Alexander, found by the author at Vienna (p. 107-115); 2. Remarks on the Alexandrian sarcophagus, by the Rev. S. Henley (p. 119-144); 3. Natural history of the substances used by the antients in the antiquities sent from Egypt by Lord Hutchinson, and particularly in the Alexandrian sarcophagus, by Professor Hailstone (p. 145-150); 4. Account of the city of Tithorea (p. 151-160).
Illustrated with plates by Anker Smith, and T. Medland after Henry Howard, Denon, and W. Alexander; four of the five plates are etched and engraved; plate by Medland after Alexander is an aquatint printed in green.
Appendix: Extract from a manuscript life of Alexander, found by the author at Vienna (p. 107-115); 2. Remarks on the Alexandrian sarcophagus, by the Rev. S. Henley (p. 119-144); 3. Natural history of the substances used by the antients in the antiquities sent from Egypt by Lord Hutchinson, and particularly in the Alexandrian sarcophagus, by Professor Hailstone (p. 145-150); 4. Account of the city of Tithorea (p. 151-160).
Description
161 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 27 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
Library's copy inscribed on 3rd front flyleaf: To the Right Honble. Lord Aberdeen with the Author's respectful compliments.
Provenance
Inscribed to Lord Aberdeen by the author; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco tooled in gilt.
Classification
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