Ten volumes. Die altägyptischen Pyramidentexte: Four volumes. Quarto. Pp. xiii, 508; iv, 543, (4); iv, 179, plus 2 plates; 130, plus a leaf of illustrations at end. The main two volumes are hardcover, very nicely bound in duo-colour full cloth, spine and corners are crimson, boards are light grey, gilt lettering to spine. In fine condition. Volumes III+IV are in the original printed stiff wrappers, moderately worn along spine panels, else in fine condition. An excellent set. [AND:] Übersetzung und Kommentar. Six volumes. Royal quarto. Pp. viii, 409; 420; 443; 376; 517; 234. Hardcover, the first four volume uniformly bound in nice three-quarters buckram and matching boards, spine strips from original wrappers laid-down. The last two volumes are in the original publisher's blue full cloth, gilt lettering on red morocco labels to spine, gilt lettering to cover. In a very good condition. ~ Complete first edition of Sethe's greatest work, combined from the libraries of two Egyptology luminaries. First four volumes are from the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss with his charming bookplate inside cover of each. Earlier small oval private ownership stamp to corner of title of two last volumes. With some of his very neat pencil annotations in margins; very few earlier minute marginal entries in ink. Beinlich-Seeber 18409. [AND:] The Übersetzung und Kommentar was published posthumously. The first four volumes, Spruch 213-506, were published a year after Sethe's death. Sethe's original manuscript was transferred to print by an old, now defunct method called "Manuldruck", also known as "Reflex Copying Process". The four volumes were printed by the inventor of this method, the printers' firm Max Ullman of Zwicaku. In 1962 appeared by Augustin Volume V, Spruch 507-582, to be followed the same year by Volume VI, Index. Also these two volumes are presented here in the first edition, to be distinguished from the second edition of the entire work which also appeared that year. Some of the volumes here occasionally with light marginal annotations in pencil or light pen, few cases within the text, some underlining, few cases in light colour crayon, all in the characteristic neat hand of Prof. Dr. Herman te Velde from whose library this wonderful set comes. Kurt Heinrich Sethe (1869-1934). Beinlich-Seeber 18525 (vols. I-IV).
