1. Add MS 54195
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 54195
- Title:
- HENRY SALT: papers from the collections of Henry Salt, F.R.S. (d.1827), Consul-General in Egypt 1815-1827; 1817-1821, n.d. Partly autograph. Partly Italian. Salt was active in archaeological exploration and the collection of antiquities. For a detailed account of Salt's career, see J. J. Halls, The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, 2 vols. (1834). Presented by Mrs Elizabeth Kathleen Mackenzie Holt, 17 June 1967 (see departmental correspondence). Paper; ff. 91. British Library arrangem...
- Scope & Content:
- Antiquities: Henry Salt, FRS; Consul-General in Egypt: Papers of Henry Salt: 1817-1821, n.d.: Partly Ital: Partly autogr. includes: ff. 1-45v Egypt: [J?] B. Caviglia, merchant captain: Report, etc., on excavations at the Pyramids and Sphinx, to H. Salt by Capt. Caviglia: 1817-circa 1818: Par...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1817-1821
- Extent:
- 1 item