Haag: M. Nijhof, 1905-1932. First edition of this exhaustive study of the Egyptian collection of the Imperial Dutch Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. German text. 14 folio volumes (but for Part 1 of first volume which is a quarto). Complete with all text and plates (some color). Nicely rebound in green cloth (not buckram), gilt spine lettering and numbers, attractive institutional bookplates, title pages (but not plates) with lightly perforated seals. An attractive, clean and complete copy.Contents as follows;[1.] The monuments of the Old Kingdom. Atlas[2.] The monuments of the time between the Old and Middle Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom. Dept. 1, steles / by PAA Boeser.[3.] The monuments of the time between the Old and Middle Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom. Dept. 2, funerary objects, statues, vessels and various smaller objects, with a supplement to the monuments of the Old Kingdom / by PAA Boeser.[4.] The monuments of the New Kingdom. Dept. 1, graves / by PAA Boeser.[5.] The monuments of the New Kingdom. Dept. 2, pyramids, canopy box, offering tables statues / by PAA Boeser.[6.] The monuments of the New Kingdom. Dept. 3, steles / by PAA Boeser.[7.] The monuments of the Saïtischen, Greek-Roman, and Coptic period / by PAA Boeser.[8.] Mummy coffins of the New Kingdom / PAA Boeser.[9.] Mummy coffins of the New Kingdom. 2nd Series / PAA Boeser[10.] Mummy coffins of the New Kingdom. 3rd series / PAA Boeser[11.] Mummy coffins of the New Kingdom. 4th series / PAA Boeser[12.] Statuettes / by PAA Boeser.[13.] The Monuments of the New Kingdom and the Saïtische Zeit.Kanopen and Kanopenkasten. / by WD van Wijngaarden[14.] The monuments of the New Kingdom and the Saïtische Zeit.Gravestones and Osiris figures / by WD van Wijngaarden.

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Bookseller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 73646
Title: Beschreibung der Aegyptischen Sammlung des Niederländischen Reichsmuseums der Altertümer in Leiden.
Author: HOLWERDA, J. H. [et. al]
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: M. Nijhof
Place of Publication: Haag
Date Published: 1905-1932

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