| RefNo | AP/5/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, on Egyptian monuments by the Duc de Chaulnes [Louis Joseph d'Albert d'Ailly] |
| Date | 21 February 1783 |
| Description | The Duke's essay discusses Egyptian monuments and hieroglyphs, focusing on a monument found near Saccora [Saqqara, Egypt] dedicated to animals.
Subject: Anthropology
Written in Paris and addressed to Docteur Bancks [Joseph Banks]. Read to the Royal Society on 2 March 1783.
The Duke of Chaulnes did publish this as a pamphlet in 1777: Le Duc de Chaulnes. 'Mémoire sur la véritable entrée du monument égyptien'. Clousier, Paris, 1777. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 24p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Le Duc de Chaulnes. 'Mémoire sur la véritable entrée du monument égyptien'. Clousier, Paris, 1777. |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8045 | Picquigny; Marie Joseph Louis d'Albert d'Ailly (1741 - 1793) | 1741 - 1793 |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |