Complete History of the Romantic Life and Tragic Death of the Beautiful Egyptian Queen Cleopatra; and all about her Needle, 3,000 Years Old! And the events that led to its arrival in England; with an interpretation of its curious hieroglyphic inscriptions

Verlag: London: W. Sutton, 1878

Beschreibung

Wrappers; frontispiece plate. Covers chipped and torn, upper cover with old internal tape repairs and almost detached, lower cover torn with some loss; ticket of H.V. Day, Dorchester. "The year 1877 beheld the presentation of Cleopatra's long looked-for Needle, renewed at the request of Her Majesty's Ministers by Ismael Pacha, Egypt's present enlightened Khedive . . . and its removal to the spot where we now behold it, probably on its last resitng [sic] place, towering in all its majestic proportions and giant strength; a mighty monument of man's handiwork and skill in ancient and modern times; telling of the grandeur and civilization of past far distant ages, and looking down upon all the present and future stupendous creations of human genius, until the advent of the yet unborn, but surely approaching time, when it and the land whereon it stands, and the ancient life-teeming, wealth-laden Thames shall sink out of sight, and the British Empire be no more.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15M100023

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Complete History of the Romantic Life and ...

Verlag: London: W. Sutton

Erscheinungsdatum: 1878

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition