Egyptology

London: J.S. Virtue & Co. Full tooled leather. Published London: J.S. Virtue & Co., n.d. (c.1880's) Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 1/2". 136 pp.+2pp index, title page printed in black and red, all edge gilt, illustrated with 5 full-page steel engravings on heavy card stock, one vignette, and over 100 wood engravings. Bound in tooled full leather, covers with center panel bordered by intricate, Middle-Eastern gilt cross design; paneled spine with gilt designs and raised bands. Some foxing to endpapers, but text pages are clean and bright, old, amusing bookplate of "ne obliviscaris", beneath a wing-eared boar head, on pastedown, covers scuffed along the edges with a few chips, outer front hinge cracked, but cover remains tight. All plates present, internally very good, Very good minus.. Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.

Cairo, [Egypt]: George Ch. Dovas, 1898. An unusually nice copy. Very Good++ condition. SEE PHOTOS. Handsomely bound in the original red pebble-grained cloth (imitation leather), with blind-stamped rectangular borders and gilt titles on the front cover and spine. On the cover are gold-stamped images of the sphinx (sphynx) and a pyramid. All gilt stamping is still bright and shiny. Original yellow (silk?) endpapers are a bit speckled but all other pages are creamy white, clean and unmarked with NO foxing. NO owner's name or bookplate. No date of publication (but copyright 1898). Hinges are perfect. Oblong Hardcover. 11" wide by 8" tall. All edges gilt. This souvenir photo-album has 109 leaves, mostly printed on the rectos only (i.e. versos are usually blank). Most of the photos are full-page. One, a "General View of Cairo from the Heights near the Tombs of the Khalifs" is a double-page panorama that measures 21 inches across. These photos recapture images of the… Read More

1905. 1905 WONDERFUL EGYPT: 48 ARTISTIC PICTURES IN HELIOGRAVURE This tourist piece published around 1905 has no title page or publication information Rectangular 4to Blue cloth stamped in gold, brightly colored epages of Egyptian hieroglyphics, string binding, 48 lovely heliogravure plates in pristine condition The string is intact but fragile, minimal shelf- rubbing on covers, paper lightly toned due to age, fine bright hardcover copy.

Lyon: Paul Frelon, 1602. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Respined in modern calf with the original boards preserved, endpapers added, paper repairs to the edges of the title page. 1602 edition of the first Renaissance dictionary of symbols written under the influence of the rediscovered Hieroglyphica of Horapolla, itself a work of scattered and questionable scholarship. (14), 644, (44), 47, (2), blank. Lacking front blank, otherwise complete with engraved woodcuts of symbols, scenes, mythological beasts, gods, and geometric shapes, throughout. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Language & Linguistics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042357.

London: John Murray, 1841. First Edition . Original Brown Cloth, Gilt. Very Good +. 9 " Tall. Color and B/W Plates, B/W Figures. Three Volumes, First Editions (1941), Complete, In Publisher's Brown Cloth With Spine Lettered And Decorated In Gilt, Covers Decorated In Gilt, Yellow Endpapers. A Bright, Immaculate Set, All Gilt Brilliant. Rubbing And Fraying At All Corners Of All Volumes, A Little Chipping To Spines Of All Volumes, Still Bright And Clean, Hinges Tight, Contents Near Fine With Latter Part Of Volume Ii Still Unopened [Pages Attached Along Top Edge], But Some Foxing In Plates In The Plate Volume. Bookplates Of Lt. Col Charles Lygon Cocks Of Treverbyn-Vean, Who Served In The Coldstream Guards, On Front Pastedowns Of All Volumes, With His Signatures At Top Of The First Free Endpapers.

Cairo: The Authority] [Egyptian Railways Authority]., 1977. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. pict. paper wraps, 271 pages., [6] leaves of plates (3 fold.) : ill., map, ports.bibliography p. 271. printed by Egyptian Railways Press, Cairo, minor creases to front wrap, RARE Size: 4 to.,( 25 cm).

London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921 British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account, twenty third year 1917. Number 32 in their list of publications. 7pp with sixty one plates. Bookplate of The Chester Archaeological Society to front pastedown. Signature of G.W.Haswell to the title page, a published member of the Society. The binding is clean and strong.

The American University in Cairo Press, 1982. Softcover. Very Good. 6x4x0. Maurice Salib's comprehensive course in Egyptian colloquial Arabic as spoken in Cairo, Egypt. 1982 printing. Text in English and Arabic. Scarce. 387 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear, corner crease to front panel and rubbing to two letters in title. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

New York: D. Appleton , 1881. First American edition. 34 cm; 2 volumes. Maps. Steel engraved plates. Intact, preserved in sewn cloth covers. Extra shipping charges will apply.

London: Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers. First edition., 1670 from signed Preface. Hardcover. Fair. Full-page emblematic copperplate frontis of AFRICA with black figures, camel, crocodile & lion + full-page plate of Egyptian Mummies + 46 copper engravings in text, but LACKS all 53 engraved plates & maps inserted on tabs in other copies of first edition.. Folio near-contemporary blind-tooled leather-covered boards, 19th century spine reback (recently repaired) in leather on raised bands with gilt rules, tips worn, leather on boards scuffed). Bookplate T.D. Bland Esqr. Kippax Park and earlier name Ri: Proctor on pastedown. Half title as required in 1st edition "ENGLISH ATLAS Tome the First", original printed Title lacking (supplied in colour facsimile tipped in), [xii]pp (Dedication to Charles II, Preface signed "John Ogilby From my House in White Fryers, April 28, 1670", Royal Licence dated 1669, Catalogue of Authors Consulted) + 767pp + [1]p… Read More

Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1985. SCARCE exhibition poster for Ramses II: The Pharaoh and His Time - 25 Oct. 1985- 5 Apr. 1986 at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Originally held at Palais de la Civilization, Montreal, Jun.1 - Sept. 29, 1985. Photo by Kenneth S. Graetz. High gloss poster on thick paper, well suited for framing. Near Fine, faint crease. Will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 25 3/4" h x 17 3/4"w.

Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1985. SCARCE exhibition poster for Ramses II: The Pharaoh and His Time - 25 Oct. 1985- 5 Apr. 1986 at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Originally held at Palais de la Civilization, Montreal, Jun.1 - Sept. 29, 1985. Photo by Kenneth S. Graetz. High gloss poster on thick paper, well suited for framing. Near Fine, bottom corner crease. Will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 25 3/4" h x 17 3/4"w.

1761 1ed Egyptian Mummies St Malo Raid Atlas MAPS Beer Brewing Ceylon Sri Lanka
The Gentleman's Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interrupt for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term 'magazine'. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.
This volume from the 1761 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:
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Account of the British naval raid on St. Malo, 1758
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Description of Ceylon in the mid-18th-century
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Details and description on Egyptian mummification and embalming
o Egyptian gods – Harpocrates, Isis, Osiris
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Sugar trade in the Americas
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Processes of brewing beer (with a full-page engraving of the setup)
Item number: #16033
Price: $750
URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
The Gentleman's Magazine: and historical Chronicle volume XXXI
London: printed for D. Henry, 1761. 1st edition

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Collation: Textually complete with… Read More

London: Hugh Rees, 1902. First edition. Very Good. 34 cm; xvii, 374 pages, photogravure portrait frontispiece, map, and 63 plates (55 of them colored) by P.J. Smit, 3 photogravure reproductions of radiographs, and 7 photogravure illustrations in text. In original green cloth, worn along joints and edges, with 3cm peel along joint near head, yet sound and entire, with some reinforcement. Text and illustrations in excellent shape, free of foxing or other blemishes. Top edge gilt. Old bookplates removed from front endleaves. Old booksellers' notes in pencil on front pastedown. References: Wood, p. 192; Nissen ZBI 110. Most probably only 100 copies were issued of this very rare and important contribution to the mammals of Egypt. Excellent color plates of monkeys, gazelles, and smaller vertebrates.

Paris: De Bure, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This rare two-volume set is the first major publication by the father of Egyptology, Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832). Champollion is the man who made the breakthrough discovery which enabled translation of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. There were 30 copies published in 1811, but this edition is the major publication of this work. Printed on laid paper, and bound in full calf. The title's English translation is "Egypt under the Pharaohs, or research on the geography, religion, language, scriptures and history of Egypt before the invasion of Cambyses". These volumes deal with Egyptian geographical divisions, geographical descriptions, boundaries and divisions. Publisher: De Bure brothers (Paris) Type: printed monograph Language: French CONDITION: Very good. No missing pages, no bookplates, no writing anywhere. There is foxing throughout both volumes. There are two dampstains,… Read More