Egyptian Letters to the Dead Mainly from the Old and Middle Kingdoms.
Gardiner, Alan H and Kurt Sethe.
Folio. ix, 12pp. 32pp. plus 11 plates loose in portfolio as issued with original ties. Green cloth spine over sienna boards. Back strip on spine to back board split but holding. Head and tail of spine bumped and slightly frayed. Corners bumped and worn. Minor staining and scuffing to boards. Ex Libris of Michael D. O'Brien to inside of front board. Title preface and list of plates. Illustrated with 11 plates of which 10 are on double-pages and one is on full-page. This portfolio is in two chapters. Chapter one entails "Translations and General Descriptions" and chapter two has the "Philological Commentaries." In good condition. Scarce.
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 11656
Price: $450.00
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