Dark brown cloth boards with debossed decoration to boards and gilt particulars to spine. Bookplate of M.C.C. Stopes to front pastedown. Organized into two parts, Egypt and Babylonia, then further into 10 sections. Some topics for Egypt include: The Sun God and the Ennead, Animal Worship, The Sacred Books, and Osiris and the Osirian Faith, as well as others. Some topics for Babylonia include: Primitive Animism, The Sun-God and Istar, Cosmologies, Myths and Epics, Astro-Theology and the Moral Element in Babylonian Religion, as well as others. General wear to boards (see image) and some minor sp... View More...
Half dark green morocco over tan cloth boards with gilt rule, decoration, and text to front board. 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. This is a facsimile edition of the original 1846 edition. Notes on this edition by Dr. Hans D. Schneider, Director of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leyden, the Netherlands. An unused copy free of previous owners' names or other markings. 17 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is an over-sized book weighing 25 lbs. View More...
Maroon cloth with Caslon gilt particulars to front board and spine, facsimile copy of the 1873 edition created c. 1972 by scholar in a nice binding printed on recto only with ample space for notes. French text. 476 pp. 8 3/4 x 11 inches View More...
Burgundy Japanese paper over original leather; red cloth boards. Gilt rule to boards, paper label adhered to spine; and gilt particulars to front board. All edges gilt. 37 albumen prints. Ex-library stamps [Barrow Public Library] to verso of each plate, notes in pencil to verso of first free leaf, otherwise no other names or markings (see image). Slightf oxing and occasional light soiling to pages. 13 x 17 3/4 inches. View More...
Scarce two volume set of half red Morocco with gilt floriated panels and title to spine; five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplates to front; otherwise no previous owner's names or other markings.. Worn corners and top of volume I spine. Pp. [viii] 399 Vol. Pp. [viii] 448 4.5 x 6.5 in First Edition. View More...
A complete five volume set in uniformed paper wraps. French text. Nice clean copies without previous owners' names or other markings. Vol. I Des origines a? la fin de la XIIe dynastieVol. II De la XIIIe a? la fin de la XVIIIe dynastieVol. III De la XIXe a? XXIVe dynastieVol. IV De la XXVe dynastie a? la fin des Ptole?me?esVol. V "Les empereurs romains."Each book measures 9.75 x 12.75 in. Please expect the possibility of additional postage for overseas orders as this is a larger set. First Edition. View More...
Set of Volume IV; 15 fascicules purchased at time of publication. All in light green wraps, top of pages uncut. "[Ramesside Inscriptions] is designed to bring together the principal hieroglyphic inscriptions of the 19th and 20th Dynasties in a compact and accurate edition that shall be both comprehensive and handy to use, to meet a longstanding need." Volume IV covers Merenptah and the Late 19th Dynasty. Other volumes from this series are available. Continuous pagination: 33-448 pp., xxxii. Sizes range from 8 x 11 inches to 8.5 x 11.5 inches. First Edition. View More...
Complete set of Volume V; 19 fascicules purchased at time of publication. All in light green wraps, top of pages uncut. "[Ramesside Inscriptions] is designed to bring together the principal hieroglyphic inscriptions of the 19th and 20th Dynasties in a compact and accurate edition that shall be both comprehensive and handy to use, to meet a longstanding need." Volume V covers Setnakht, Ramesses III, and Contemporaries. Other volumes from this series are available. Light creasing and dents to wraps. Continuous pagination: 1-672 pp., [xxxii]. Sizes range from 8 x 11 inches to 8.5 x 11.5 inches. F... View More...
Complete set of Volume VI; 29 fascicules purchased at time of publication. All in light green wraps, top of pages uncut. "[Ramesside Inscriptions] is designed to bring together the principal hieroglyphic inscriptions of the 19th and 20th Dynasties in a compact and accurate edition that shall be both comprehensive and handy to use, to meet a longstanding need." Volume VI covers Ramesses IV to XI and Contemporaries. Other volumes from this series are available. Continuous pagination: 1-880 pp., [xxxii]. Sizes range from 8 x 11 inches to 8.5 x 11.5 inches. First Edition. View More...
Complete set of Volume VII; 16 fascicules purchased at time of publication. In fine condition. All in light green wraps, top of pages uncut. "[Ramesside Inscriptions] is designed to bring together the principal hieroglyphic inscriptions of the 19th and 20th Dynasties in a compact and accurate edition that shall be both comprehensive and handy to use, to meet a longstanding need." Volume VII is the Addenda and Corrigenda. Although indexes were planned to be included with Vol. VII, they were ultimately published in Vol. VIII. Other volumes from this series are available. Continuous pagination: 1... View More...
Complete set of Volume VIII; 10 fascicules purchased at time of publication. All in light green wraps, top of pages uncut. "[Ramesside Inscriptions] is designed to bring together the principal hieroglyphic inscriptions of the 19th and 20th Dynasties in a compact and accurate edition that shall be both comprehensive and handy to use, to meet a longstanding need." Volume VIII covers the indices of volumes I-VII. Other volumes from this series are available. Continuous pagination:1-264 pp., [viii]. Sizes range from 8 x 11 inches to 8.5 x 11.5 inches. First Edition. View More...
Blue cloth with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Facsimile copy of the 1912 edition created c. 1972; scholar in a nice binding printed on recto only with ample space for notes. Includes additional articles related to Le Conte du Naufrage in English: Notes on the Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor by Alan Gardiner; Notes on the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor by Werner Vycichl; Shipwrecked Sailor, Lines 184-85 by Mordechai Gilula. French and English text. xxiv, 235 pp., [14], [6], [17]. 8 1/2 x 11 inches View More...