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Travels in the footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis : illustrated by facsimiles of his original drawings (1877)

Playfair, R. Lambert (Robert Lambert), Sir, 1828-1899 · London : C. Kegan Paul · leaf 252

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TRAVELS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BRUCE. 198 first of which was the rudest and the most injured by time ; but what rendered it curious was the existence of two hieroglyphical figures sculptured on the stone in relief before the inscription was engraved. … On the opposite side of the ravine, and rising directly from its right bank, is a large triumphal arch, which forms the first of Bruce’s illustrations. Of this he has left us eight sheets. 1. A rough pencil outline, which has not pleased him, and which he has subse¬ quently cancelled by a waved…

Bruce, James, 1730-1794 · Algeria -- Antiquities · Tunisia -- Antiquities · Algeria -- Description and travel · Tunisia -- Description and travel

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