'A Description & Classification of Egyptian Deities...' by John Davidson FSA
Reference code
DAV
Title
'A Description & Classification of Egyptian Deities...' by John Davidson FSA
Date
1820-1825
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
pp. viii + 209.
Quarto.
Leather binding, red, gilt-tooled (by A. W. Bain). Bookplates of John Davidson, fols. i (round), iii.
Quarto.
Leather binding, red, gilt-tooled (by A. W. Bain). Bookplates of John Davidson, fols. i (round), iii.
Scope and content
'A Description & Classification of Egyptian Deities compiled from notes, & from sketches..', made by John Davidson, FRS, FSA (1797-1836) when collecting 'evidences' for the British Museum, 1820-25 (note by Thomas Davidson, 1864, fol. vi). Most of the specimens described were retained by Davidson for his own collection but some were lost. John Davidson was assassinated in the Sahara (18 Dec. 1836) while travelling to Timbuctoo [Timbuktu] for the Geographical Society (note by the donor, fols. vii, viii).
Main contents (pp. 1-107) descriptions of Egyptian antiquities, with illustrations, many in colour; index at pp. 105, 107. Also includes some descriptions, etc., of Asiatic, Greek and Roman antiquities (pp. 133, 157-63, 181-9). Davidson's Notes taken during travels in Africa (1839) were published privately by his brother.
Main contents (pp. 1-107) descriptions of Egyptian antiquities, with illustrations, many in colour; index at pp. 105, 107. Also includes some descriptions, etc., of Asiatic, Greek and Roman antiquities (pp. 133, 157-63, 181-9). Davidson's Notes taken during travels in Africa (1839) were published privately by his brother.
Creator
Davidson, John (1797-1836), Egyptologist and traveller
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/768
MS 768
MS 768
Archival history
Presented by Thomas Gerard Davidson, FSA, 1 March 1949 (fol. ii; his notes on fols. vi-viii also refer to Davidson's journals retained by the family). See Antiquaries Journal, 29 (1949), 244.