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History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, 12 vols. Limited Connoisseur Edition #87/200, Containing over Twelve Hundred Colored Plates and Illustrations.
Maspero, G. and Sayce, A.H. (Ed.), McClure, M.L. (Trans.) · London
- Author
- Maspero, G. and Sayce, A.H. (Ed.), McClure, M.L. (Trans.)
- Date
- 1903
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- The Grolier Society
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 4to.(7" x 10") Twelve volumes complete. Limited Connoisseur Edition #87/200. Three quarter greeen leather with generous corners, bright gilt rule to all leather edges, over marbled boards. Spine with four gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt lettering to second and third compartments, inlaid red crescent moon and star centered to first compartment, gilt and red leather floral decoration to the fourth, "Connoisseur Edition" in gilt to foot. Top edge gilt, others deckled, marbled endpapers. Minor edgewear, several corners bumped and rubbed. Spines sun-faded to a pleasing brown (see pic). many pages uncut. Title page in black and red. A beautiful set of books. Illustrated with over 1200 color plates and illustrations. Every frontispiece in two states with several additional color plates within also in two states with captioned tissue guards. This extensive work on the ancient Egyptian civilization covers its history, politics, religion, culture, etc. Extensively illustrated with maps of historic sites, images of cultural artifacts including weaponry, painting, pottery, diagrams of ancient tombs, religious idols and symbols, hieroglyphics, early language, and more.
- Format
- Attestation page states: Connoisseur Edition, Limited to Two Hundred Copies for England and America, No. 87 This set is a comprehensive and extensive work on the ancient Egyptian civilization covering history, politics, religion, culture, etc. Very richly illustrated with maps of historic sites, images of cultural artifacts including weaponry, painting, pottery, diagrams of ancient tombs, religious idols and symbols, hieroglyphics and early language, and more. This set includes the English translation Maspero's work in 9 volumes, (originally published in French, 1895), and Rappoport's 3-volume History of Egypt from 330 BC to the Modern Era.
- Category
- History & Americana
- Record
- S.I.10325
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, 12 vols. Limited Connoisseur Edition #87/200, Containing over Twelve Hundred Colored Plates and Illustrations. 4to.(7" x 10") 1903. London: The Grolier Society. Twelve volumes complete. Limited Connoisseur Edition #87/200. Three quarter green leather with generous corners, bright gilt rule to all leather edges, over marbled boards. Spine with four gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt lettering to second and third compartments, inlaid red crescent moon and star centered to first compartment, gilt and red leather floral decoration to the fourth, "Connoisseur Edition" in gilt to foot. Top edge gilt, others deckled, marbled endpapers. Minor edgewear, several corners bumped and rubbed. Spines sun-faded to a pleasing brown (see pic). many pages uncut. Title page in black and red. A beautiful set of books. Illustrated with over 1200 color plates and illustrations. Every frontispiece in two states with several additional color plates within also in two states with captioned tissue guards. This extensive work on the ancient Egyptian civilization covers its history, politics, religion, culture, etc. Extensively illustrated with maps of historic sites, images of cultural artifacts including weaponry, painting, pottery, diagrams of ancient tombs, religious idols and symbols, hieroglyphics, early language, and more.
Attestation page states: Connoisseur Edition, Limited to Two Hundred Copies for England and America, No. 87.
from Wiki: Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero KCMG (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist and director general of excavations and antiquities for the Egyptian government. Widely regarded as the foremost Egyptologist of his generation, he began his career teaching Egyptian language in Paris becoming a professor at the Collège de France. In 1880, he led an archaeological mission to Egypt, which later became the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale.
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Very Good
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