Norden, Frederik Ludvig; Templeman, Peter [Hrsg.]: Travels in Egypt and Nubia (Band 1) (London, 1757) [Cicognara, 2541-1]

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FACE

To the French Edition.


H E Egyptians boast os being one os the
moft ancient people of the univerfe. Few
nations in effecl: can dispute with them
this prerogative. Their pretentions, in this
respe£r, are sounded on a multitude of
monuments, that have the stamp of the
remotest antiquity; titles, which are so
much the more refpe&able, as the authors
of all ages have fpoken of them with ad-
miration,
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