First edition. Frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps & 15 further lithograph plates & diagrams. 4to. Contemporary half calf with paper boards, worn, with boards as well as preliminary and last pages detached. The earlier pages include an 8 page addition with 4 plates on Sacred Architecture. Tipped in also are 5 pages in ink manuscript notes. Some foxing to maps and a little foxing to plates. vii, 333pp. London, John Murray, 1822.
An interesting account of a journey from Wady Halfa to Merawe and back. Waddington was responsible for both the journal and the illustrations. His keen interest in archaeology is evident throughout the work. Abbey Travel, 289; Fumagalli, 149.
