Handbuch der gesammten ägyptischen Alterthumskunde: Erster Theil. Geschichte der Aegyptologie. Mit zwei zinkographirten Tafeln. Zweiter Theil. Aegyptiche Archäologie. Mit einer lithographirten Tafel. Dritter Theil. Chronologie und Geschichte der alten Aegypter. Mit zwei llithographirten Tafeln.
Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1857. Hardcover. 8vo. 3 volumes, bound in one:
vol. I: viii. 249 (2)pp. Followed by two plates in metallic zinc ("zinkographiert"), as issued.
vol. II: vi. 331pp. Followed by one lithographic plate, as issued.
vol. III: x. 278pp. Followed by two lithographic plates, as issued.
Bound in 3-4 leather over black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Work on Egyptology, with history of Agyptology (vol. I), Egyptian Archaeology (vol. II) and Chronological History of Ancient Egypt (vol. 3). With all plates as issued (see above). Age wear to binding, with leather parts strting to fade, especially at edges. Cracks to spine. Library stamp to endpapers. Watermarks to bottom of first pages of vol. I (up to, and including, p. 35), not affecting text. Minor browning and sporadic foxing. Overall clean and tight. In German. Very good condition. vg. Item #18630
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