Books on Egypt and Chaldaea. The Decrees of Memphis and Canopus
New York: Henry Frowde. Oxford University Press American Branch, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv (i), 226, vi (i), 201 (1), viii (i), 249 (1)pp. Original orange cloth with black decorative framing and black lettering on cover, black lettering on spines. Frontispiece folding plate of Rosetta Stone in volume one, frontispiece and two folding plates in volume three. The Rosetta Stone Vols. I + II, The Decree of Canopus Vol. III.
"The Rosetta Stone is certainly one of the most interesting and important objects in the National Collection of Egyptian Antiquities preserved in the British Museum, for from it the correct values of several of the letters of the Egyptian Alphabet were deduced, and it supplies many of the fundamental facts upon which the great superstructure of Egyptian decipherment has been based." (Preface).
Illustrated with sixteen reproductions of artifacts, including a folding plate of the Rosetta Stone, a portrait of Thomas Young, reproductions of photographs, including the Temple of Philae, and two folding plates depicting the Decree of Canopus, one of the Hieroglyphic and Greek version, and one of the Demotic version. All volumes with list of plates.
Ex-library copies with light wear along edges and rubbed. Containing library stickers and barcodes on spine and back cover, date stamps on inside cover, library stamps on half-titles and title pages, library stamps of first page of preface, respectively table of content pages. Library pockets on inside back covers. Volumes one and two lightly starting at various places but still firm binding. Volume three starting at inside front cover. Rosetta Stone frontispiece with closed tear at folding edge. Illustrated bookplate on inside cover of volume one torn. and two folding plates in this volume complete but mended with clear tape at fold. Good- to good+ condition. Item #52878
Price: $225.00