Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen, printed in colours, in Facsimile, From the author's drawings taken at Boulak together with the latest information regarding other Monuments and Discoveries. With translations of the hieroglyphic texts and explanatory notices of the arious Emblems. By Villiers Stuart, of Dromana, M.P. With numerous Illustrations.

"Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen, printed in colours, in Facsimile, From the author's drawings taken at Boulak together with the latest information regarding other monuments and discoveries. With translations of the hieroglyphic texts and explanatory notices of the various emblems, With numerous Illustrations.," by Villiers Stuart of Dromana, M.P., published in London by John Murray in 1882. The work explores an Egyptian royal funeral tent and related monuments and discoveries, with translations of hieroglyphic texts and explanations of various Egyptian emblems.

Quarto (6.5" x 10.125"), handsomely bound in full dark green publisher's cloth, featuring an extensively gilt and blindstamped cover decorated with beautiful Egyptian imagery. The spine is similarly elaborately gilt and blindstamped, with the title, author, a floral device, and publisher and location.

The book has a gilt top edge and deckled edges. There is loose threading along the crown of the spine and at the top edges of the cover, along with bumped corners and rounded right corners. The book includes multiple foldout illustrations. A striking Victorian-era volume for collectors of Egyptology, Egyptian art, archaeology, and 19th-century illustrated works on Egypt.