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Zustand: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original Erin green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains (x), 246 pp with 64 monochrome photographic plates on loaded paper throughout. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

Zustand: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered navy back. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains (x), 246 pp with 64 monochrome photographic plates on loaded paper throughout. Light foxing to the closed text block edges. Very Good condition book in torn, chipped and repaired dust wrapper . Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

Soft cover. Zustand: New. v, 130 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 30 cm. This volume presents 12 of the papers from the Ancient Cultures at Monash University post-graduate conference (2013) at Monash University, Australia, in the discAlines of archaeology, history, Classics and indigenous studies. The papers showcase research by post-graduates at Monash across a range of ancient discAlines, and as such contains a lot of innovative study. It is an interesting and varied collection of articles on a range of topics from the Classical world and the ancient Near East.

Zustand: Good. Fourth edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, gilt vignette to the front boards. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains (xvi), 263 + 40 pp catalogue (dated December 1898) with monochrome illustrations, text figures and photographs throughout. Rubbing of the cloth to the spine ends, front hinge cracked and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, with Pettigrew's. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of a bifolium. Reads: 'Sir Robert Gardiner presents his compliments to Mr Pettigrew - / He begs Mr Pettigrew will forgive his taking the liberty of asking whether he is acquainted with General Anderson, and if so, he begs Mr. Pettigrew will do him the favor of calling here as soon as convenient in his round of Professional calls this morning'.

See his entry, and that of Pettigrew, in the Oxford DNB. Easthope was a difficult employer, nicknamed 'Blast-hope'. Dickens worked for him as a parliamentary reporter between 1834 and 1836. 1p, 12mo, on recto of first leaf of a bifolium. In fair condition, aged and discoloured. Reads: 'My dear Pettigrew / Will you please to leave out Lancaster letter which I'll send for tomorrow / haste / Yrs. / J E / Sunday'. The letter is addressed on the reverse of the second leaf, with slight loss to one corner from the breaking of the red wax seal. Black 'BARNET' postmark and customary frank in red. Franked in the customary fashion: 'Barnet June five / 1831 / T. J Pettigrew Esqr / 8 Savile Row / London', with the signature at bottom left: 'Sir J Easthope'.

1p, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. In good condition, with slight wear at foot of gutter. Folded once for postage. The signature 'Reginald Stuart Poole' is large and expansive. The text, in another hand, reads: 'Sir, / I regret to say that I cannot entertain the purchase of the coin of Egbert which you showed me the other day'.

Zustand: Good. Fourth edition limp back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covered thin boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, marble end papers and page edges, radial corners. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains (xx), 956 pp with 9 maps including one inside the rear pocket, and 182 plans and illustrations in the text. Three of the maps have careless tears where the are affixed to the book, spine sun faded and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Sudan].

Small 4to, [vi] + 135 pp. Frontispiece and three plates, with illustrations and cartouches in text. Internally tight and sound, on aged paper, in worn and stained brown-cloth half-binding, decorative endpapers, sprung hinges. Number 43 of 400 copies. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at the University of London SOAS.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Contains (cxxxii), 176 pp with 14 plates and monochrome text illustrations throughout. Ex Chelsea Library with stamps and embossed stamp to the front board, text block clean and tight. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

AFRIQUE CENTRALE PRECOLONIALE Documents d historie vivante. Editions Presence Africaine, Paris 1974, 189 SS. Pb. 8° (Einband mit Gebrauchsspuren), sonst gut erhalten - mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Datum, Unterschrift signiert B/ville 7/12/78 (für und aus Nachlaß von ROLF ITALIAANDER (1913-91, Prof.Dr., deutscher Schriftsteller , Übersetzer , Kunstsammler, Forschungsreisender, Ethnograf sowie Aktivist der Homophilenwegung).

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cerise cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. This book examines the worship in ancient Egypt of Hathor, the goddess of women and of foreign places, and the contribution which votive offerings can make to the study of a traditional religion. The first part of the book covers the main sites at which large groups of votive offerings to Hathor have been found, and for each site the history of the temple or shrine is outlined and the evidence for the find-places of the votive offerings is assembled from excavation reports and archival material. The second part examines the main types of votive object, with illustrations and discussion of their possible symbolism. The final part examines the offerings in the general context of popular religion and in the light of comparative material from other cultures. Contains (xxiv), 408 pp followed by 6 plans, 18 pp figures and 64 pp plates. monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with very light shelf rubbing to the cream paper of the rear panel. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

Greek, Latin and French autograph manuscript on paper. 3 vols.: 4to (214 x 228 mm), large 4to (224 x 273 mm), and 8vo (132 x 180 mm). Regular cursive script in dark brown ink. (1), 538 ff. 25 pp. 85 ff. Bound in uniform green half mororcco over marbled boards with giltstamped red label to gilt spine. An encompassing study of the weapons of classical antiquity, commissioned by the Duc de Luynes and prepared by the great classical scholar Lepsius, who was to head the Prussian expedition to Egypt in 1842-45. The antiquary and numismatist Honoré d'Albert de Luynes (1802-67) was an important patron of scholarship and the arts. During his sojourn in Paris in the years 1833-35 Lepsius compiled this survey from the Greek and Latin sources to form the basis for an archaeological and philological work of the Duke's that did not materialize. - The hefty first volume, entitled "Arma Graecorum, Romanorum, gentiumque Barbarorum", contains a Greek repertorium with notes in French (f. 128r: "C'est donc une couverture de tous le bras, non pas seulement de la main ce qu'on serait porté à croire d'après l'explication de Pollux [.]"; f. 165r: "sur la fabrication des glaives"; ff. 262-264: extensive discussion of bows and archers), with an alphabetical index beginning on f. 515. A larger, slimmer volume is dedicated to Homer exclusively: Greek text and French notes in two columns with several illustrations, treating shields, helmets, armour, swords etc., also discussing the Durand collection ("Parmi les vases de Monsieur Durand il y a une amphore à fig., représentant le combat d'Hercule contre les Amazones [.]"), the armour of Agamemnon and of Alexander, the skin of the Nemean Lion, as worn by Hercules ("n'est devenue un vêtement de ce héros que depuis Pindare") etc. The octavo volume contains quotations from Greek writings (again with French notes) on helmets, armour, etc. ("Et en effet je crois qu'Homère lui même par ces différents noms d'armures [.] a voulu désigner différentes espèces qu'il semble aujourd'hui [.] je n'hésite nullement de croire que ces noms désignaient autrefois des espèces de casques"). - Bindings insignificantly rubbed; very occasional slight browning or edge flaws. A splendid, unique, unpublished manuscript by the great scholar, bound for the sponsor.

4to (235 x 185 mm). 177 pp. Contemporary wrappers (wanting spine). Handwritten title and name on front cover. An early 19th century Egyptologist's fascinating travel notes documenting his journey through the Nile valley, profusely illustrated with more than 230 sketches showing hieroglyphs and Greek and Coptic inscriptions. - At the age of 27, Louis de Vaucelles undertook an expedition to Egypt to explore the banks of the Nile from Cairo to Aswan. He set out from Marseille on 27 January 1826 and reached the second cataract on 27 May. In his journal he accurately reproduces all cartouches and inscriptions of the temples, tombs and palaces visited up to the first cataract south of Aswan. He gives the condition of monuments (sometimes mere ruins), identifies traces of Christian chapels and churches, translates hieroglyphs dedicated both to pharaohs and Roman emperors, indicates (in cursive script) several Arabic words and names, and mentions the orientalists who preceded him: his mentor Champollion as well as Denon, Maillé, Belzoni, and Niebuhr. Among the temples and sites he describes are Ipsamboul, Edfu, Dakka ("un des mieux conservés"), Thèbes ("Louqsor"), Karnak, Denderah Assouan, Elephantine and Philae as well as the pyramids of Giza, Cleopatra's Needle, the Sphinx (the head of which is said to be "extrêmement mutilée"), Alexandria, and the Nile Delta. - The final fifty-odd pages are devoted to contemporary Egyptian cities, their people, and their Arab, Jewish and Coptic traditions. As Vaucelle notes, Coptic Christians are free to practice their religion due to the unrivalled tolerance of the Muslim faith ("tant il est vrai qu'il n'y a pas de religion plus tolérante que la religion mahométane"). He also provides details of medical operations such as castration, circumcision, and excision, as well as of the "Kalisch" festivities held in Cairo at the time of the opening of the dikes. - Louis de Vaucelles de Ravigny was trained by Jean-François Champollion, who in 1824 published his "Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens". Apart from the present travel journal he also produced a "Chronologie des monuments antiques de la Nubie" (1829), based on the interpretation of the royal legends contained in the hieroglyphic reliefs, a book in which he pays tribute to the German egyptologist François-Christian Gau. - Slight fraying to edges; wants wrappers' spine. A fine survival.

2pp, 16mo. Twenty-eight lines of text, in purple ink. With contemporary English translation on both sides of a separate 16mo leaf. Both items in fair condition, on aged paper, with slight damage to corners from mounts. Trust the translation, the letter is addressed to a 'Dear friend', and begins: 'My friend Graf [i.e. the antiquities dealer Theodor von Graf] arrived yesterday from Venice and brought many most interesting antiquities - His visit prevented my writing to you - but then I hope to show you some of his treasures, next time we meet. He came early and stayed late. Today Winnels dines with us. (He is a Specialist M.D. for ladies, recently called to Munich) - and the publishers hurry me - but nevertheless I must send you a greeting and tell you - we are coming to town on Saturday.' The rest of the letter discusses travel plans, with reference to 'Paul and Hans' and 'the Exhibition'. Note: "Born in Engerda (present-day Germany) in 1840, Otto Theodor Graf became one of the most important Egyptian antiquities dealers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was among the earliest antiquarians to search for antiquities dating from the late Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods. The owner of a carpet business in Vienna with a branch in Cairo, Graf counted major museums in Europe and America among his clientele, as well as individuals such as Sigmund Freud."[Exhibition Notes, "Buried Finds", at The Met].

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded for postage. Addressed to 'Alfred Miles Esqre.' and with good bold signature 'Gerald Massey'. Begins: 'Dear Sir / You are quite at liberty to quote from my poems - but I shd. like to have a hand in the selection. / In a collection so large as you contemplate there ought to be nothing but one's best.' If he were to edit such a work he would 'make all living authors so choose their own poems. "Sir Richard Grenville" is the only one of those you mention that I shd. select.' If Miles would like, he can 'get copied two or three more and send them. Tell me what is the utmost space you can allow, or what number of lines'. He ends by asking whether Miles is acquainted with his 'later volumes'. The ten volumes of Miles's 'Poets and Poetry of the Century' were published between 1891 and 1897.

Eigenhändiger Brief (1 S. 8°) in Tinte mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift als Directeur de la Revue Orientale signiert Erevage, 6 Mars 1852 - an Monsieur Le Comte ALS (1852), 1 page, to count Marcellus, speaks about Greek poetry and the songbook ?Chants des peoples en Grèce? (by Marcellus), inscribed by MARCELLUS (1795-1865), French count and diplomat, discovered the ?Venus of Milo? (1852), 1 Seite, an Grafen Marcellus, nennt griechische Gedichte und das Gesangbuch ?Chants des peuples en Grèce? (von Marcellus), eigenh. beschrift. von MARCELLUS (1795-1985, französischer Graf und Diplomat, der die ?Venus von Milo? entdeckte).

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red paper covered thin card wrap covers. 12mo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Budge's comprehensive essay includes a description of the tomb in which the Sarcophagus was discovered by Belzoni in 1815 and contains illustrations of all the scenes depicted on the Sarcophagus. Contains frontispiece, (iv), 128 pp with and 112 text illustrations. Some fragments of paper missing down the spine, else in Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

4to. Latin manuscript on paper. 1½ pp. Beautiful manuscript of Ungarelli's extensive obituary for his fellow Barnabite Antonio Maria Grandio (1761-1822), published with slight departures in the "Effemeridi letterarie di Roma" (1823), pp. 266f. - Luigi Maria Ungarelli was a student of Ippolito Rosellini, the first Italian disciple of Jean-François Champollion and a participant in Champollion's Egyptian expedition of 1828-29. From 1839 Ungarelli was the first curator of the newly-founded Gregorian Egyptian Museum, today a part of the Vatican Museum. - Insignificant foxing; well preserved.

An interesting item in the field of Victorian Egyptology. The subject is what Owen describes here as 'one of the oldest Statues of an Egyptian Notable in the British Museum'. Its current Museum Number is EA103, and it has been in the Museum since 1835, but the details of its acquisition are unclear. In his translation Birch calls the sitter 'the Royal Scribe, Amenhelp', but the current BM description begins: 'Scribal statue of Amenhotep son of Hapu: of black grano-diorite. Hieroglyphic texts are inscribed on the papyrus unrolled on his lap and on the statue plinth. His right hand, now broken, held a pen, as if writing, while his left hand holds the papyrus roll. [.]' At the time of writing Owen and Birch were colleagues at the British Museum, Owen as Superintendent of the Natural History Department, and Birch as head the Egyptian and Assyrian branch (see the entries on both men in the Oxford DNB). The recipient of Owen's covering letter to Birch's translation is Lady Ann Cullum (1807-1875), widow of Sir Thomas Gery Cullum (1777-1855) of Hardwick House. As a palaeontologist, Owen opposed Darwin's theory of evolution with a biblical view of creation, and his interest in Ancient Egypt, bound up with his Christian beliefs, is apparent in the letter in an elegant assessment of the significance of the statue, and in his annotation of Birch's translation. The letter and translation are on four 4to pages of the same paper. In good condition, with light signs of age and wear. The letter is on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium, and the first page of the translation on the recto of the second leaf, but they have now been inverted by folding, with the two leaves carrying the other two pages of the translation tipped-in at the front, resulting in the material being presented in reverse order. ONE: Covering Autograph Letter Signed from Owen to Lady Cullum, with good firm signature, addressed from 'Sheen Lodge, Richmond Park, | 5th May 1867.' 1p, 4to. The letter reads: 'Dear Lady Cullum, | I have the pleasure to send, agreeably with my promise, a copy of the Translation of the hyeroglyphic [sic] Inscription on one of the oldest Statues of an Egyptian Notable in the British Museum. It affords a suggestive insight into a social position, of one of the earliest historical civilized & organized Communities. The date is probably anterior to that which may be assigned to the visit of Abram to Egypt. Gen. XII. | Retaining a lively recollection of the pleasure of the day spent at Hardwick, I remain, | Your Ladyship's very truly, | Richard Owen.' TWO: Manuscript translation described in Owen's letter. 3pp, 4to. Written out in an unknown hand, with the first of the five sections titled: 'Translation of the Inscription on the Garment and Papyrus which he is unrolling.' The other four sections of the translation are: 'Inscription In Front of the base', 'Running to the left of the figure', 'right Side' and 'Left side'. At the head of the first page, in Owen's autograph: 'Hyeroglyphics [sic] on the Statue of the Seated Royal Scribe "Amenhelp," in the British Museum.' On the third page, at the end of the translation and in the same unknown hand, is written out a 'Copy of letter from Samuel Birch, Esqre: F.S.A. &c. | Keeper of Antiquities in the British Museum, enclosing the above Translation to Professor Owen: -'. Birch's letter is dated from the British Museum, 9 July 1860. It reads: 'My dear Professor, | Enclosed is the Translation of the Inscriptions on the Granite Statue of the Seated Scribe. It Consists of the Dedication of the Statue to the Royal Scribe, Amenhelp, and of his prayers, to the God, Amen-Ra the Theban Jupiter. | Believe me, | Yours very truly | (signed) Samuel Birch'. The translation carries tem marginal annotations in Owen's autograph, indicating an interest in and knowledge of the subject. The two of Owen's annotations read: 'His territorial Title: Baron Shamer, like all the Nobility of Egypt, was a priest: the condition is n.

For the recipient Thomas Joseph Pettigrew see the Oxford DNB. Pettigrew was personal physician and librarian to the Duke of Sussex, who had consulted Bree for asthma, and by whose advice Bree had removed in 1804 from Birmingham to Hanover Square in London. Having been a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians since 1807, Bree was chosen Harveian lecturer in 1827, publishing the course of lectures in the following year. Both items in good condition, lightly aged, each with a thin strip of paper from the mount adhering to the reverse of the second leaf. ONE: 27 June 1827. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Addressed on reverse of second leaf, with seal in red wax, to 'T. J. Pettigrew Esqr | Saville [sic] Row'. The letter begins: 'My dear Sir | I am obliged by your kind Notes, and the Manner in which you have had the politeness to express yourself respecting the Oration. The College, I cannot doubt, wou'd have been gratified by the honor of his Royal Highnesses presence, but I merely acted upon my individual Sentiments respecting the Duke of Sussex, when I obeyd the duty I owed to truth, & the dignity of a Public Ceremony in offering a public testimony of opinion on his Royal Highnesses great Value to the whole world of letters & Science and liberal principles.' Pettigrew, in 'the office of being auxiliary to his Royal Highnesses important Objects', is, Bree considers, 'fortunate in a just estimation having been formed of your disposition & capacity to act upon vierws so entirely according with your feelings & judgement'. He concludes with reference to 'these few lines' of thanks. TWO: 6 February 1828. 1p, 12mo. On bifolium, with reverse of second leaf addressed, with seal in black wax, to ' Pettigrew Esqr | Saville Row'. He asks him 'to present to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex a Copy of the Harveian Oration in which I took the liberty of expressing my gratitude to and respect to his Royal for [sic] his protection of Letters and Science'. He is enclosing a copy of the lecture, 'which you will oblige me by accepting yourself'. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.

Two pages, cr. 8vo, bifolium, segment cut from bifoliate leaf, no obvious loss, fair condition, text clear and complete. "I called to enquire after the notice & took the liberty of sending you {last phrase insert] about the lectures I am now giving at the London Institution - & was surprised to hear that the Editor of the literary Gazette considers the subject perfectly exhausted - For I have the honour to tell you the view I now take of the origin of polytheism-worship- of animals - Mythology & Idolatry is quite new - for it traces the whole to the original coptic words or names by which the hieroglyphics ["were" excised] exhibiting the different applications of the power of the Supreme Being were termed - as far as I know no one ever went as far- tho' perhaps from Bacon to our time may authors have surmised that this might [underlined] be the case, but never any one has shown that this was [underlined] the case.-I hope therefore that the Editor will have the goodness to look over my paper once more - & favour me with inserting it in the next number. Note: Spineto's "Elements of Hieroglyphics and Egyptian Antiquities in a Course of Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution . . ." was published in 1829 by Colburn.

(Large) 8vo. A total of 3 pp. (5 ff.). Includes an autograph envelope. To an unidentified recipient about the scheduled unwrapping of the mummy of Pharaoh Me(r)nephta: "On déroule Ménephta demain à partir de 9 heures ou 9¼; ne l'oubliez pas [.]" (Cairo, 7 July 1907). - Merneptah was originally buried within tomb KV8 in the Valley of the Kings, but his mummy was not found there. In 1898 it was located along with eighteen other mummies in the mummy cache found in the tomb of Amenhotep II by Victor Loret. Merneptah's mummy was taken to Cairo and eventually unwrapped by Dr. G. Elliott Smith on July 8, 1907, who noted that "the body is that of an old man and is 1 meter 714 millimeters in height. Merneptah was almost completely bald, only a narrow fringe of white hair (now cut so close as to be seen only with difficulty) remaining on the temples and occiput. A few short (about 2 mill) black hairs were found on the upper lip and scattered, closely clipped hairs on the cheeks and chin. The general aspect of the face recalls that of Ramesses II, but the form of the cranium and the measurements of the face much more nearly agree with those of his [grand]father, Seti the Great". - Another letter to Madame Albert Robin about an invitation (22 October 1886), and another to the historian and archaeologist Paul Esdouhard d'Anisy about his admiration for the beauty of Roger van der Weyden's polyptychon "The Last Judgment" in Beaune (5 April 1916). - After the death of Auguste Mariette in 1881, Gaston Maspero succeeded him as head of the Egyptian Service d'Antiquités Égyptiennes and director of the Bulaq museum, today the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In 1886 he resumed work begun by Mariette to uncover the Sphinx, removing more than 65 feet of sand and seeking tombs below it. He also introduced admission charges for Egyptian sites to the increasing number of tourists to pay for their upkeep and maintenance.

4to. Altogether 2 pp. On various matters. Emil Brugsch is known as the official who "evacuated" the mummies from the Deir el-Bahri cache in 1881, and for serving as assistant curator of the Bulaq Museum - the nucleus of what is today the Egyptian Museum. - With punched holes. Two letters with French editiorial notes.