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Title | Unpublished paper, on Egyptian monuments by the Duc de Chaulnes [Louis Joseph d'Albert d'Ailly] |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 |