BELZONI, Giovanni Battista (1778-1823) Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia London: John Murray, 1820.4to (270 x 205 mm). Portrait frontispiece. (A few marginal tears, some affecting text, spotting.) ORIGINAL BOARDS, gilt-lettered spine (spine perished, upper cover detached). FIRST EDITION. A published work on archaeology and exploration, during a time when archaeology and looting were closer in association than present time.