Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula of Sinai, With Extracts from His Chronology of the Egyptians, with Reference to the Exodus of the Israelites
by Lepsius, Dr. Richard
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry G. Bohn, 1853. Harcover, professionally rebound in modern light blue cloth with large black cloth spine label, lettered in gold. New endpapers. 578pp., Index. Illustrated with tinted, hand-colored lithographic frontispiece of Mount Barkal, charts and two fold-out maps. Errata slip present. Translated from the German by Leonora and Joanna B. Horner. Dr. Lepsius was one of the principal German Egyptologists of the 19th century and this translation, the second, is the preferred edition. A very scarce title describing the work of the 1842 scientific expedition, launched by the King of Prussia, to study and investigate Egyptian monuments. An exceptionally clean copy, complete with all maps and illustrations. Fine.. First Thus. Cloth. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004563
- Title
- Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula of Sinai, With Extracts from His Chronology of the Egyptians, with Reference to the Exodus of the Israelites
- Author
- Lepsius, Dr. Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- Ancient Egypt, Egyptology, Travel, Non-Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Alibris; Egypt and Egyptology Books;
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Staten Island, New York
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