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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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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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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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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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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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Oxford, at the University Press, for the author, sold by Messrs. Cadell and Davies; and by the booksellers in Oxford, 1801.. Part I only. (Part 2: Abddollatif's Account of the Antiquities of Egypt, written in Arabic A.D. 1203 was never published, see: Library Hub Discovered). FIRST EDITION 1801, ONCE IN THE LIBRARY OF COL. SAMUEL BARRETTE MILES, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, Professor of Arabic in the University of Oxford. Text in English with quotations and examples in Arabic, Greek and Latin, 4to, approximately 315 x 235 mm, 12½ x 9¼ inches, 7 engraved plates including 1 folding map of Alexandria, pages: xiii, 127, pages 126-127 misnumbered 226-227, bound in half calf over marbled sides, gilt dividing lines, rebacked to match with gilt decoration and lettering. Corners worn, board showing slightly at tips, marbled paper darkened along edges, a few small pieces of marbled paper missing, bookseller's tiny label, reference library bookplate, presented by Mrs Miles in memory of her husband Col.…
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Hommages à La Mémoire De Serge Sauneron 1927-1976: II: Égypte Post-Pharaonique
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The Duties of the Vizier : Civil Administration in the Early New Kingdom
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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.
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Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs by Sir Alan Gardiner
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EGYPTIAN RAILWAYS IN 125 YEARS 1852-1977
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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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£202.33