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Amsterdam: Gerardus Brostius, 1696. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to pp. [16], 492. Includes extra engraved title page. Library stamp on main title accompanied by a second perforated library stamp near the printer's device. The outer edges to the first few prelims are slightly worn. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild marginal spotting. A small piece is missing from bottom margin of the final leaf. Page 492 is a bit soiled. Bound in brown library buckram; title and shelf number in gilt on the spine; pocket on inside front cover. Hermann Witsius (1636-1708) was a Dutch theologian and a professor of divinity at Franeker (1675), Utrecht (1680), and Leiden (1698). [EB11]. His Aegyptiaca (first printed in 1683) compares the religious rites of the Jews and the Egyptians. He argues against the theory put forth by Sir John Marsham and by John Spencer that Jewish traditions were derived from Egyptian practices. This second edition has been expanded from the first.…
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THE CITY OF AKHENATEN. Pt.1 Excavation of 1921 & 1922 at El-Amarneh. 64 Plates
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Aegyptiaca, et dekaphylon. Sive, de aegyptiacorum sacrorum cum Hebraicis collatione libri tres. Et de decem tribubus Israelis liber singularis. Accessit diatribe de legione fulminatrice Christianorum, sub Imperatore Marco Aurelio Antonino. Editio secunda,
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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt.
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Travels in Egypt, being a continuation of the Travels in the Holy Land, in 1817-18
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1819 1st ed Forbin Travels in EGYPT Levant Voyages Pyramids Sphinx JerusalemNicolas Philippe de Forbin was an early 19th-century French historian and art antiquary, who, in 1817, set out on a voyage to the Levant to view, study, and acquire ancient pieces of art. The voyage took Forbin and his traveling party to the Holy Land and Jerusalem, Syria, Athens, Constantinople, and even the Dead Sea.
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Life in Ancient Egypt
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1894 Ancient EGYPT 1st ed Pharoah Hieroglyphics Pyramids Mummy Illustrated ErmanA rare, 19th-century historical treatise on ancient Egypt by esteemed German scholar Adolf Erman. Accompanied by over 400 illustrations throughout, Erman utilizes his extensive historical knowledge of Egypt to describe the nation's origins, historical geography, topography, architecture, language (hieroglyphics), religion, the Book of the Dead, mummification, government, royalty, military, cultural traditions, and much more!
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ERMAN, Adolf ; TIRARD, H.M. (Transl.)
Life in Ancient Egypt
London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 1st edition
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Egyptian Archaeology
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1887 1ed Egyptian Archaeology Maspero Hieroglyphics Pyramids EGYPT CleopatraA rare first American edition of Gaston Maspero's 'Egyptian Archaeology.' Translated by the "Godmother of Egyptology," Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, this works provides a thorough presentation of ancient Egypt. Contents include archaeological findings regarding ancient civil, military, and religious architecture as well as tombs, paintings, sculpture, and industrial arts each depicted across the nearly 300 illustrations throughout.
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MASPERO, G.; EDWARDS, Amelia B. (Transl.)
Egyptian Archaeology
London: H. Grevel and Co., 1887. First edition.
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Aegyptiaca, et dekaphylon. Sive, de aegyptiacorum sacrorum cum Hebraicis collatione libri tres. Et de decem tribubus Israelis liber singularis. Accessit diatribe de legione fulminatrice Christianorum, sub Imperatore Marco Aurelio Antonino. Editio secunda,
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Amsterdam: Gerardus Brostius, 1696. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to pp. [16], 492. Includes extra engraved title page. Library stamp on main title accompanied by a second perforated library stamp near the printer's device. The outer edges to the first few prelims are slightly worn. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild marginal spotting. A small piece is missing from bottom margin of the final leaf. Page 492 is a bit soiled. Bound in brown library buckram; title and shelf number in gilt on the spine; pocket on inside front cover. Hermann Witsius (1636-1708) was a Dutch theologian and a professor of divinity at Franeker (1675), Utrecht (1680), and Leiden (1698). [EB11]. His Aegyptiaca (first printed in 1683) compares the religious rites of the Jews and the Egyptians. He argues against the theory put forth by Sir John Marsham and by John Spencer that Jewish traditions were derived from Egyptian practices. This second edition has been expanded from the first.…
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1819 1st ed Forbin Travels in EGYPT Levant Voyages Pyramids Sphinx JerusalemNicolas Philippe de Forbin was an early 19th-century French historian and art antiquary, who, in 1817, set out on a voyage to the Levant to view, study, and acquire ancient pieces of art. The voyage took Forbin and his traveling party to the Holy Land and Jerusalem, Syria, Athens, Constantinople, and even the Dead Sea.
His journal of the excursion covers his discoveries giving special attention to the Egyptian pyramids and the Great Sphinx. This undated first English edition includes impressive sketch illustrations of ruins, the Temple of Karnak, ruins of ancient Jericho, Castle at Cairo, the Pyramids at Giza, and the ancient walls of Jerusalem. A highly desirable work of Middle Eastern voyages!
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1894 Ancient EGYPT 1st ed Pharoah Hieroglyphics Pyramids Mummy Illustrated ErmanA rare, 19th-century historical treatise on ancient Egypt by esteemed German scholar Adolf Erman. Accompanied by over 400 illustrations throughout, Erman utilizes his extensive historical knowledge of Egypt to describe the nation's origins, historical geography, topography, architecture, language (hieroglyphics), religion, the Book of the Dead, mummification, government, royalty, military, cultural traditions, and much more!
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ERMAN, Adolf ; TIRARD, H.M. (Transl.)
Life in Ancient Egypt
London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 1st edition
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Egyptian Archaeology
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1887 1ed Egyptian Archaeology Maspero Hieroglyphics Pyramids EGYPT CleopatraA rare first American edition of Gaston Maspero's 'Egyptian Archaeology.' Translated by the "Godmother of Egyptology," Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, this works provides a thorough presentation of ancient Egypt. Contents include archaeological findings regarding ancient civil, military, and religious architecture as well as tombs, paintings, sculpture, and industrial arts each depicted across the nearly 300 illustrations throughout.
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MASPERO, G.; EDWARDS, Amelia B. (Transl.)
Egyptian Archaeology
London: H. Grevel and Co., 1887. First edition.
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o xii, 328
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• Language: English
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Hommages à La Mémoire De Serge Sauneron 1927-1976: II: Égypte Post-Pharaonique
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Institut Français dArchéologie orientale du Caire 1979-01-01. Post-Pharaonique. 1979 edition. Very rare second volume. Book is very heavy and will incur a postal surcharge. Text is in French . Good. Paperback. 1979.
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Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus
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H. RIDER HAGGARD: Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus. Longmans, Green and Co., Copyright 1918. States 1920 on the title page. March 1920 Third Printing Thus. 1920 Used. Good- condition/ no DJ. States 1920 on title page. Blindstamped red cloth boards. Titling still visible on spine. Colour frontispiece of Merapi at a chariot. Gutter separation at back hinge. Bright pages. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana." Rare/Scarce. By H. Rider Haggard, author of "She", King Solomon's Mines, and the Allan Quatermain Professor Challenger series.
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The Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt. Tenth edn.: Notes for Travellers in Egypt [650]
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A very clean, tight and rare copy in original brown cloth in very good condition. Very slight bumps to spine and covers. Title in gilt lettering on spine and upper boards, incl. gilt tooled hieroglyphs between a gilt border also on upper cover. Red marbled endpapers and marbled edges. (xxi), 955pp. 2 full-page maps as a double frontisp., many plates, of which plans of temples, text-figs. and ills, diagrammes, full-page coloured maps and plans, index, list of contents, and important notice on Bakshish, list of Egyptological words.This work represents far more information to the tourist than the usual tourist-guide. Originally drawn up in 1886 in accordance to the suggestions of his [Wallis Budge's] friend Mr. J.M. Cook with vast information on ancient monumental Egypt.
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The Duties of the Vizier : Civil Administration in the Early New Kingdom
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London, United Kingdom: Kegan Paul International, 1988. 399 pages plus 7 b/w plates. Our knowledge of the role played by the Vizier, first assistant of Pharaoh and head of the Egyptian civil administration, is derived largely from a New Kingdom text preserved in four Theban tombs. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization 1: Being a History of Civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the Death of Alexander, and in India, China, and Japan from the Beginning to our Own Day; with an Introduction on the Nature and Foundations of Civilization.
by Will Durant
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Brown leather with gilt detailing and labels to spine. Four raised bands, silk ribbon, and moire endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owner's stamp to title page and last page. Minor staining to boards and wear to gilt on edges, but overall a clean copy. Scarce.6.75 x 9.5 in
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Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs by Sir Alan Gardiner
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London: Oxford University Press, 1969. Third Edition, Revised. Published on behalf of the Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. NF in VG DJ. Interior is tight, bright, and crisp with no ownership marks. Binding shows bumping of upper spine and some wear to edges. DJ is clipped with a sticker mark on the front and small tears, abrasion, and age-toning (although overall intact). Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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EGYPTIAN RAILWAYS IN 125 YEARS 1852-1977
by Hayah al-Ammah li-Shuun Sikak Hadid Misr
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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).
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Baedeker’s LOWER EGYPT: Lower Egypt and Peninsula of Sinai
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Leipzig 1895Very good copy of the third edition of Baedeker's Handbook for Travellers. This is the last edition of this handbook for Lower Egypt. 14 maps, 33 plans, 7 views and 76 vignettes. Book is very good. Soft leather boards clean. Binding tight. Edges marbled. Light cracking of hinge inside front cover but still very firm (see images).Cover has very small wear at corners and head and tail of spine.Only marking or inscription is name and address of previous owner in pencil on first blank with previous sale price and edition also in pencil. Tiny bookseller label on front pastedown.
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Dialogue Of The Tired Of Life (Ancient Egyptian Text , A Dialogue On Suicide, In P. Berlin 3024)
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Orange: The Rasmussen Press, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Photographic Negatives By Eric Rasmussen. 20 Pp. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4", Maroon Cloth, Gilt, Over Handmade Maroon And White Decorated Paper. Number 2 Of 9 Copies Only, Signed By The Printer, W. E. H. Rasmussen (Of The Dragon Bindery, Etc.) On The Limitation Page. Article By Faulkner, Including His Translation, Many Pages Of Scholarly Notes, And A Reproduction Of The Original Egyptian Text.
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WONDERFUL EGYPT: 48 ARTISTIC PICTURES IN HELIOGRAVURE
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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.
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