The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, Esq.: Volume 1 : His Britannic Majesty's Late Consul General in Egypt

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This two-volume biography of the traveller and antiquary Henry Salt (1780–1827) was published in 1834. Volume 1 tells the story of Salt's early life and his career up to the famous removal of the colossal statue of Ramesses II ('Ozymandias') from Thebes to the British Museum in 1816.