Description of Egypt: Notes and Views in Egypt and Nubia, 1825-28

by Edward William Lane

Book Overview

The great nineteenth-century British traveler Edward William Lane (1801-76) was the author of a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), his translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1839-41), Selections from the Kur-an (1843), and the Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93). Yet in 1831, publication of one of his greatest works, Description of Egypt, was delayed, and eventually dropped,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774169344
• ISBN13: 9789774169342
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 786 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"