Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters / Department Orientalistiek, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto. xxiv, 403, xliv plates. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, in original blue dustjacket with white lettering on cover and spine. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 34. Illustrated arthistorical study. "Most of the decoration of the Island of Philae remains unpublished, but the reader is directed to the early Berlin Photos (H. Junker, H. Schäfer, Berliner Photos der preussischen Expedition 1908-1910 nach Nubien (Ägyptologisches Microfiche-Archiv 3. Wiesbaden, 1975)..." (Author) and other Junker publications. With list of abbreviations, selected bibliography, chronological table, and tables and visual catalogue at rear. The forty-four plates at rear include plans, tables, line drawings and reproductions of b/w photographs. Dustjacket with some wear along edges,small chips and creasing at corners and head of spine, rubbed. Interior in very good condition.

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Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 48039
Title: Ptolemaic Philae
Author: Vassilika,Eleni
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - g- to vg
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
ISBN 10: 9068312006
ISBN 13: 9789068312003
Publisher: Uitgeverij Peeters / Department Orientalistiek
Place of Publication: Leuven
Date Published: 1989
Keywords: Ptolemy, Philae, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, arthistorical study, Nubia, Prussian expedition, Junker,

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