Egypt
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G. Maspero, History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, A.H. Sayce, ed., translated by M.L. McLure, published by The Grolier Club, New York, 1903.
Still a particularly lovely exemplar of a set, complete in 13 volumes, of G. Maspero’s monumental historical survey of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria. The title page registers Maspero’s affiliations with Queen’s College, Oxford, he being a member then also of the Institute and Professor at the College of France. Augmented with over 1,200…
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G. [Georg] Ebers, Egypt: descriptive, historical, and picturesque, translated from the original German by Clara Bell, published by Cassell and Company, Ltd.
![G. [Georg] Ebers, Egypt: descriptive, historical, and picturesque, translated from the original German by Clara Bell, published by Cassell and Company, Ltd.](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ebers-1.jpg)
An unusually sturdy, attractive set, complete in two volumes, of Egypt: descriptive, historical, and picturesque, with an Introduction and notes by S. Birch, Keeper of the Department of Oriental Antiquities in the British Museum, President of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, Etc., Etc., Etc. Translation of the original German of G. [Georg] Ebers by Ms Clara…
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Mayer, LuigiViews in Egypt, from original drawings of the possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken during his embassy to Constantinople. R.[obert] Bowyer, London, 1801
![Mayer, LuigiViews in Egypt, from original drawings of the possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken during his embassy to Constantinople. R.[obert] Bowyer, London, 1801](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/mayer_views_egypt-21.jpg)
First edition of this splendid work with views of Egypt. An attractive copy of Thomas Milton’s engravings of Mayer’s original drawings commissioned by Robert Ainslie. Description: Contemporary calf, with 6 raised bands decorated with gilt double fillet ruling, gilt title on gilt-tooled label. Marbled endpapers. Folio: 48 × 34 cm; [2]ll., 102pp., [1]ll. With 48…