{"product_id":"the-life-and-correspondence-of-john-james-halls-9781108074681","title":"The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, Esq.: Volume 2: His Britannic Majesty's Late Consul General in Egypt","description":"The traveller and antiquary Henry Salt (1780-1827) hoped to become a portrait painter, but recognised his own limitations, and instead entered the employment of Viscount Valentia, embarking with him on an eastern tour in 1802. In 1805, Valentia sent him on a mission to improve relations with the rulers of Abyssinia. After a second expedition, this time on behalf of the British government, in which he made observations and collections of the local flora and fauna, he was appointed consul-general to Egypt, and in his spare time carried out excavations at Thebes and Abu Simbel. This two-volume work was published in 1834 by Salt's close friend, the painter J. J. Halls (1776-1853). Volume 2 describes Salt's later career in Egypt, as a diplomat and especially as a pioneering archaeologist, as well as his negotiations over the future of his own spectacular collection of Egyptian artefacts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John James Halls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108074685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108074681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.02d","brand":"John James Halls","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47423509889279,"sku":"9781108074681","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_300a4491-9f1c-4ae6-b0f0-9b78faedfcba.jpg?v=1761528650","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-and-correspondence-of-john-james-halls-9781108074681","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}