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Abulfeda (1273-1331) . DESCRIPTIO AEGYPTI ARABICE ET LATINE
Goettingae 1776 Christian Dieterich. Ex Codice Parisiensi edidit Latine vertit notas adiecit, Ioannes David Michaelis. Description and travel in Egypt. Octavo, 36pp. in Arabic, 134pp. of notes in Latin, later black paper-covered boards with white and gilt spine label. Small owner signature on front blank. Small institution name on title page and two institution names on verso. Near VG, corners worn, a bit of light foxing on initial and final pages. Rare. (a41574)
$950.00 Sayce, A. H. . THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS
London 1907 1st Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 8vo., 220pp., illustrations, cloth. Residue of label on spine. Near Good, inner hinges cracking, light fading and soiling. (a45609)
$50.00 Sandwith, F. M. . EGYPT AS A WINTER RESORT
London 1889 1st Kegan Paul. Hardcover. Sm.8vo., 153pp. plus catalogue of Kegan Paul (95pp.), boards with black and gilt design on front. near VG, spine ends rubbed, lower corners gently bumped. Hinges not cracked; no ownership marks. Scarce. (a50032)
$220.00 St. John, J. A. . EGYPT AND NUBIA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
London 1845 Chapman and Hall. 8vo., 472pp., rebound in later wraps. Historical library stamp on titlepage. Good. (a51885)
$175.00Faraone, Joseph; H. Tirman (illus). FANES
Paris n.d. (1924 in preface by Albert Israel)). Poems and Letters, in French, by a poet residing in Egypt who died at age 20.. 8vo., 70pp., frontis photo of Faraone, ornaments by H. Tirman, wraps. **Inscribed and signed by Tirman on the front free blank. VG, light wear, light foxing. Very Scarce. (a51909)
$240.00Majer-Leonhard, Ernestus. Agrammatoi; in Aegypto qui litteras sciverint qui nesciverint ex papyris Graecis quantum fieri potest exploratur
Francofurti ad Moenum 1913 Adolfus Diekmann. Dissertation in Latin. Sm.4to., 78pp., hardcover. Owner signed and dated on titlepage (the scholar Casper J. Kraemer Jr., 1927). Good, front blank end paper present but detached, spine worn. Binding secure. Hard to find in original first edition. (a53081)
$75.00 Wolff, Felix . AEGYPTEN UND DER HAFEN DER EWIGKEIT
Darmstadt 1914 Ernst Ludwig Presse. **Limited to 100 copies. In German. Small octavo, 143pp., paper covered boards. Lovely oval decoration in black on front and black spine lettering and decoration. Title in gilt on title page. Bookplate (of Dr. Alfred Hirsch) lightly glued to front blank end paper. Near Fine, endpapers a bit browned. Rare. (a53592)
$350.00Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis. COOK'S HANDBOOK FOR EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN
London 1911 3rd Thomas Cook. Sm.8vo., 950pp., illustrations, numerous maps, one large folding map(map is in near Fine condition) in rear pocket, original printed hardcover. VG plus. Hinges not cracked; original pretty red marbled end papers. Text clean; binding secure; no owner marks. There are not many original copies of this book left. (a57274)
$75.00 Sumner, Mrs. George . OUR HOLIDAY IN THE EAST
London 1882 2nd Hurst and Blackett. Edited by Rev. George Henry Sumner. Travel to Egypt, Syria, Holy Land, Jersualem, Damascus, Beyrout, Lebanon. Hardcover. Octavo, 323pp., (4), original brown cloth decorated with black and gilt trim and lettering. All edges gilt. Good, inner hinges cracked, light foxing on initial pages. (a65984)
$80.00von Bissing, F. W.. GESCHICHTE �GYPTENS IM UMRISS. VON DEN �LTESTEN ZEITEN BIS AUF DIE EROBERUNG DURCH DIE ARABER (signed by Bissing as "Verf")
Berlin 1904 1st Alexander Duncker. Egyptian hieroglyphics, Alexander, Ptolemy, Hyksos, etc. In German. Hardcover. Small octavo, 185pp., original blue-grey cloth covered limp boards. **Inscribed by Bissing and signed Verf. VG, a few pages crudely opened. (a70365)
$145.00 Berchere, N. . LE DESERT DE SUEZ, CINQ MOIS DANS L'ISTHME
Paris no date (1863) Collection Hetzel, Jung-Treuttel. Hardcover. In French. Octavo, 289pp., half leather with brown marbled boards and Association Philotechnique in gilt wreath on front. Lacks map. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a70949)
$525.00 Denon, Vivant; Arthur Aikin . TRAVELS IN UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT DURING THE CAMPAIGNS OF GENERAL BONAPARTE IN THAT COUNTRY...TO WHICH IS PREFISED AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE INVASION OF EGYPT BY THE FRENCH BY ARTHUR AIKIN - VOLUME II (OF 2)
NY 1803 Heard and forman. Denon's work is translated from the French. Hardcover. Octavo, 307pp., 5 plates (3 of which foldout), index, leather hardcover. Signed on top margin of title page by R. Stockton (of Princeton, New Jersey). Good, leather boards present but detached. Needs rebinding. Volume II only. (a71513)
$195.00 Oertel, Friedrich . DIE LITURGIE. STUDIEN ZUR PTOLEM�ISCHEN UND KAISERLICHEN VERWALTUNG �GYPTENS
Leipzign 1917 1st Teubner. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 452pp., cloth spine with paper covered boards. Several pages have library blind stamp but no spine numbers, no stamps, no pocket. Good plus, initial and final pages lightly toned, some wear on spine ends and corners. Scarce. (a73516)
$600.00Maury, Alfred. DES DIVINITES ET DES GENIES PSYCHOPOMPES DANS L'ANTIQUITE ET AU MOYEN AGE
Paris. 1844-1845. One hardcover volume. First edition. 860p. with 7 plates (most pictorial; several foldout). Volum has three articles by Maury, among many others, in one bound volume of Revie Archeologique, 1844-1845 . Maury articles are at pp. 501-524; 581-601; 657-677. Numerous other interesting articles as Reliquaire de Saint Charlemagne; Ancienne Peinture de l'Annonciation; Voyages en Grece et en Asie Mineure; Archeologie Egyptienne Lettre A. M. Champollion-Figeac; Psychostasie Homerique. Octavo, monochrome and a few color illustrations (as of Antique Greek Vases). Half leather with marbled boards and raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Good Plu,. Hinges not cracked; some wear on backstrip. Pictures available on request. (a74217)
$89.00 (egypt) . AEGYPTUS, RIVISTA ITALIAN DE EGITTOLOGIA ET DI PAPIROLOGIA VOLUMES 3, 4 1922-1923 (BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
Milan 1922-23 Pressa la Universita Cattolica. Articles in Italian, French, English on Egyptian history and papyri. Two complete years bound one volume. Sm.4to., 390pp., 372pp., a few photo illustrations, index, black cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, no other markings. Good plus, leaves browned. (a76290)
$150.00 (egypt) . AEGYPTUS, RIVISTA ITALIAN DE EGITTOLOGIA ET DI PAPIROLOGIA VOLUMES 1, 2 1920 -1921 (BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
Milan 1920 - 1921 Pressa la Universita Cattolica. Articles in Italian, French, English on Egyptian history and papyri. The first two issues of this journal, bound in one hardcover volume. Sm.4to., 424pp., 400pp., a few photo illustrations, index, black cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, no other markings. Good plus, cover a bit soiled, leaves browned. (a76293)
$150.00 Al-Taussauli, Ali Ben Abdul Salaam . DELIGHT IN EXPLAINING THE MASTERPIECE, PART 1
Cairo c. 1860. Printed by the printing house of Department of Aesthestics. Publisher: Abbas Ibn Abdul-Salaam Ben Shakroun. A study of in Arabic of documents and decisions of the judge Abu Bakr Ibn Mohammed Ibn Asim from Granada, Andalusia. Sm.4to., 414 leaves, unbound (as issued) in folding paper cover with later spine. University bookplate, stamped withdrawn. Fair to Good, leaves are browned and frayed on edges. Text quite legible. Rare. (a76659)
$600.00 Guigniaut, J. D. (introduction) . PROGRES DES ETUDES RELATIVES A L'EGYPTE ET A L'ORIENT
Paris 1867 A l'Imprimerie Imperiale. Chapters include: L'Etat Actuel des Etudes Egyptiennes; Expose Historique du Dichiffrement des Ecritures Cuneiformes; Des Etudes Semitiques; La Litterature Arabes; La Litterature Persane; Des Etudes Armeniennes; Des Etures Chinoises, Tibetaines et Mongoles; LItterature Chinoises; Langes et Litteratures Tibetaines et Mongoles; Etude du Sanscrit, du Zend, du Pali et Grammaire Comparee des Langues Indoeuropeenes. 4to., 240pp., later wraps with original wrap mounted on front. Good plus, occasional very light foxing, light fraying of page edges. (a77149)
$130.00 Hunt, Arthur S. . THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART IX
London 1912 1st Egypt Exploration Fund. English translations and notes by Hunt. 4to., 358pp., with 6 two tone plate fascimiles of the papyri, index, ads, grey cloth spine. Good covers, a bit worn, slight foxing. Part IX. (a80422)
$180.00 Grenfell, Bernard P. and Hunt, Arthur S. . THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART IV
London 1904 1st Egypt Exploration Fund. English translations and notes by Hunt. 4to., 306pp., with 8 two tone plate fascimiles of the papyri, index, ads, grey cloth spine. Good covers, a bit worn, slight foxing. Part IV. (a80425)
$180.00 Grenfell, Bernard P. and Hunt, Arthur S. . THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART XII
London 1916 1st Egypt Exploration Fund. English translations and notes by Hunt. 4to., 352pp., with 2 two tone plate fascimiles of the papyri, index, ads, grey cloth spine. Good covers, a bit worn, slight foxing. Part XIII. (a80426)
$180.00 Grenfell, Bernard P. and Hunt, Arthur S. . THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART III
London 1903 1st Egypt Exploration Fund. English translations and notes by Hunt. 4to., 338pp., with 6 two tone plate fascimiles of the papyri, index, ads, grey cloth spine. Good covers, a bit worn, slight foxing. Part III. (a80427)
$180.00 Wilke, Dr. . EINFLUSS DES SEXUALLEBENS AUF DIE MYTHOLOGIE UND KUNST DER INDOEUROPAISCHEN VOLKER
Wien 1912. Birth defects, deformed babies and foetuses in art and myth. In German. Sm.4to.,48pp., 88 Abbildungen, removed from the Mitteilungen der Anthropolioschen Gesellschft in Wien and rebound in later wraps. German institution stamp on title page. VG. (a84102)
$125.00 Walther, Johannes . DIE KORALLENRIFFE DER SINAIHALBINSEL. GEOLOGISCHE UND BIOLOGISCHE BEOBACHTUNGEN
Leipzig 1888 Hirzel. In German. 4to., pp.439-505 (complete), mit 1 geologischen Karte (large foldout map) in rear pocket, 7 lithographirten Tafeln (four of which are brightly colored landscape plates), 1 Lichtdrucktafel und 34 zinkotypen, original printed wraps. Near VG, light cover wear, light fraying on edges. (a84575)
$540.00 Maspero, M. G. . MEMOIRE SUR QUELQUES PAPYRUS DU LOUVRE
Paris 1883. In French. 4to., 124p., 14 colored plates of hieroglyphs (several foldout), removed from Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits de la Bibliotheque Nationale and rebound in later wraps. Lacks the top half of one folding plate. VG plus. (a84588)
$280.00 Zotenberg, M H . CHRONIQUE DE JEAN, EVEQUE DE NIKIOU. TEXTE ETHIOPIEN PUBLIE ET TRADUIT PAR ZOTENBERG
Paris 1883. In French. 4to., pp.125-608 (complete), many text illustrations of Ethiopien script, index, removed from Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits de la Bibliotheque Nationale and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a84589)
$500.00 Effendi, Ismail . COMPARACION DE LA REGLA GEODESIA PERTENECIENTE AL GOBIERNO DE S. A. EL VIREY DE EGIPTO, CON LA QUE SIRVIO PARA LA MEDICION DE LA BASE CENTRAL DEL MAPAP DE ESPANA
Madrid 1853 first edition. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Tomo II Parte Segunda. In Spanish. 4to. pp. 47-170 with one foldout engraved plate of astronomical equipment, original titlepage present, rebound in later wraps. Rare. VG plus, text clean and binding secure, no ownership marks. (a88790)
$300.00