The history of the life and actions of Alexander the great. From the time of his birth, to that of his death, who afterwards was Embalmed. Translated from the French of Monsieur de Vaugelas: Which Work he was above Thirty Years in perfecting. To which is prefixed, an account of the antient Egyptians; the Grandeur of their Publick Buildings; Obelisks, Pyramids, Lake of Moeris, the Nile, the famous Canal between the Red-Sea, and the Mediterranean. Also the Manners, Customs, Laws, Learning and Government of the Egyptians. Likewise Their Manner of treating dead Bodies; Method of Embalming; and particular Way of trying and judging Persons after their Death. With seven large and curious Cuts of Egyptian Mummies, exactly drawn; with their Hieroglyphic Characters, interpreted and explained.

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  • The history of the life and actions of Alexander the great. From the time of his birth, to that of his death, who afterwards was Embalmed. Translated from the French of Monsieur de Vaugelas: Which Work he was above Thirty Years in perfecting. To which is prefixed, an account of the antient Egyptians; the Grandeur of their Publick Buildings; Obelisks, Pyramids, Lake of Moeris, the Nile, the famous Canal between the Red-Sea, and the Mediterranean. Also the Manners, Customs, Laws, Learning and Government of the Egyptians. Likewise Their Manner of treating dead Bodies; Method of Embalming; and particular Way of trying and judging Persons after their Death. With seven large and curious Cuts of Egyptian Mummies, exactly drawn; with their Hieroglyphic Characters, interpreted and explained.
  • Historia Alexandri Magni. English
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Imprint
London: printed for M. Cooper, Pater-Noster-Row; W. Reeve, Fleet-Street; and C. Sympson, at the Bible-Warehouse, Chancery-Lane, [1755?]
Publication year
1755-1755
ESTC No.
T110751
Grub Street ID
163244
Description
[2],255,[1];56p.,plates ; 4⁰
Note
Translated from Vaugelas' edition of Curtius Rufus.

Titlepage in red and black.

'The antiquities of Egypt' begins on a2.