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186985507h<p>London: Illustrated London News 1869. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Half-year run bound in early half-leather over pebbled cloth boards. Some edge-wear and bumping to covers; small paper label painted over to upper spine. Edges toned and old library bookplate and marks to front and rear endpapers. Front hinge nearly exposed internally at endpaper but still firm. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome volume and internally unusually bright and clean. Superb illustrations.</p> Illustrated London News hardcover
2H13211-1684. Motivmaß: ca. mit Bugfalz im Passepartout mit goldfarbener Leiste hinter Glas im Holzrahmen ca. 498 x 434 cm unten rechts im Bildrand fälschlicher Weise mit "Merian" bezeichnet. - Aus: Wagners Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae - unknown
192118312London: Thos. Cook & Son. 1921. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Internally a nice and tight copy. Small pinhole to title page. ; Fold out maps in NF condition; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xx 955 pages . Thos. Cook & Son hardcover
2020DBS-9781774071939Delve 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Delve hardcover
2020DBS-9781774071939Delve 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Delve hardcover
1937M12881Cairo:: Imprimerie Nationale Boulac 1937. 1937. At head of title: XV Concilium Ophthalmologicum 1937 Egypte. 248 x 166 mm. 8vo. Entire volume: ii 283 1 pp. 17 plates 42 figs. 83 plates 95 figs. bibliog.; EXTENSIVE UNDERLINING AND MARGINALIA pencil & inks on the Wagner-Keith paper otherwise clean. Modern quarter brown cloth with overstitching patterned paper over boards gilt spine original printed wrappers bound in. Ms. notation on original top cover. Bookplate of Jerry F. Donin. Very good binding good internally considering the notes. VERY RARE. Three ophthalmological papers from the XV Concilium Ophthalmologicum 1937 held in Egypt. The lead paper is by Wagner & Keith. The second contribution is by the noted French ophthalmologist Paul Alfred Marie Bailliart. The third paper is contributed by Yoshizo Koyanagi of Japan writing her in German on changes to the retina caused by high blood pressure with 83 plates showing the pathology. / This paper pre-dates the Garrison and Morton paper of the same topic & title published in the journal Medicine vol. 18 pp. 317-430 1939. "Wagner and Keith classified essential hypertension and lesions of the fundus into four groups." – Garrison and Morton 2723 and 2922. / Henry Wagener wrote mostly on ocular changes in hypertension. Together with Keith he set up a classification of retinal hypertensive changes that was popular." – Gorin History of ophthalmology p. 336. / This volume includes: Paul Alfred Marie Bailliart 1877-1969 "L'hypertension arterielle retinienne" Bailliart gained an international reputation for his work on the retinal circulation the ophthalmological manuals he co-authored and his development of Bailliart's ophthalmodynamometer Bailliart's goniometer and Bailliart's tonometer. ALSO: Yoshizo Koyanagi 1880-1954 "Veranderungen an der Netzhaut bei Hochdruck. Pathologische Anatomie." Yoshizo Koyanagi was a Japanese ophthalmologist who is recognized for his description of what is now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease VKH. PROVENANCE: Jerry F. Donin was a distinguished ophthalmologist and medical book collector formerly of Claremont California. Imprimerie Nationale Boulac, 1937. hardcover
187133745London: John Murray 1871. 2 volumes. Fifth Edition With Numerous Additions and Improvements From a Copy Annotated by the Author With 130 illustrations through the two volumes appearing in both text and as full-page plates. 8vo publisher's original blind-embossed cloth the spine panels lettered in gilt. xxiii 386; viii 379 pp. A very fine set beautifully preserved as pristine and near mint hinges and text-blocks both in excellent condition very scarce in this condition. A VERY FINE WORK ON MANY ASPECTS OF EGYPTIAN MANNERS UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Illustrated throughout the books were acknowledged for their accuracy and scope. They were reprinted many times well into the 20th century and have long been considered one of the most astute texts on Egypt and the Egyptians into the 20th century. Subjects included in the chapters relate to the country and climate religion and laws government domestic life society language literature science superstitions and magic alchemy industry tobacco bath games and music public celebrations and festivals as well as many more subjects. A complete work on Egypt. John Murray hardcover
BN313851Der Tod im Leben: Eine vergleichende Analyse altägyptischer und rezenter ägyptischer Totenbräuche. Eine phänomenologische Studie Denkschrift der Gesamtakademie Band 27 <br/><br/>Der Tod im Leben: Eine vergleichende Analyse altägyptischer und rezenter ägyptischer Totenbräuche. Eine phänomenologische Studie Denkschrift der Gesamtakademie Band 27 Kommission für Ägypten und Levante der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften and Shohoumi el- Nadja unknown
63737c.1880. . Albumen print pasted on original card. Good tonal range and in good condition manuscript title on card. Dimension: 200 x 290mm. 8 x 11.5 inches.<br /> <br /> c.1880]. unknown
188334775London: Richard Bentley & Son 1883. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original dark-green polished cloth the upper blocked in blind at the borders and with gilt depiction of a sailing dhow at the center the spine lettered and decorated in gilt the lower cover blocked in blind. viii 359 pp. An as fine copy with little evidence of age and no evidence of use the text-block still unopened unusual thus. SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN PREMIUM CONDITION. Gabriel Charmes 1850-1886 was a prolific writer on diverse subjects. One of the most brilliant of French journalists of his time he was destined to die relatively young from tuberculosis. FIVE MONTHS AT CAIRO AND IN LOWER EGYPT is a vivid and detailed account of life in Egypt in the 19th century and it offers a unique window into a fascinating period of history. Charmes journalist and adventurer describes his travels through the teeming streets of Cairo his encounters with many characters and his excursions to historic sites such as the pyramids and the Sphinx. With its rich descriptions and firsthand observations this book is an special read for anyone interested in the history and culture of Egypt and the work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Richard Bentley & Son hardcover
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18070005807London: Samuel Bagster 1807. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good. copperplate frontispiece. Quarto vii 82 ccli Table leaf clxxxi-ii has a fore-edge chip from the press; half calf marbled boards scuffed very light foxing. With an engraved Baronial bookplate possibly John Henry Vivian or his son Sir Arthur Pendarves Vivian member of the Royal Geographical Society inked name on recto of frontispiece the frontispiece caption is trimmed and spotted. <br/><br/>Denon a noted artist and engraver accompanied Napoleon's troops into Egypt to record the scenery and antiquities. This volume describes the plates of the Atlas volume. Additionally there are important Appendices about the pyramids at Geza Alexandria minerals medicine "Memoire sur le Commerce des Negres au Caire et sur les Maladies ." etc. This British edition with French text is quite scarce. An 1809 re-issue had cancelled title-pages. Note: curiously the printed title-page reads "Voyages" not in the singular as listed elsewhere. Copperplate frontispiece. Samuel Bagster hardcover
1984N1198Paris: Editions Du Scribe 1984. Original Cloth with d/j. Near Fine. Folio. 279pp. French text. Richly illustrated many colour plates A fine copy. <br/> <br/> Editions Du Scribe hardcover
19988590E. J. Brill. 1998. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. DJ has very light creasing along top edge else Fine.; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; 516 pages; This volume deals with the origins and rise of Christian pilgrimage cults in late-antique Egypt. Part One covers the major theoretical issues in the study of Coptic pilgrimage such as sacred landscape and shrines' catchment areas while Part Two examines native Egyptian and Egyptian Jewish pilgrimage practices. Part Three investigates six major shrines from Philae's diverse non-Christian devotees to the great pilgrim centre of Abu Mina and a Thecla shrine on its route. The fourth part of the book looks at such diverse pilgrims' rites as oracles chant and stational liturgy. Part Five brings in Athanasius's and an anonymous hagiographer's perspectives on pilgrimage in Egypt. . 9004111271 . E. J. Brill hardcover
19299999_00571Leiden Eduard Ijdo 1929. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Crown quarto. Pp. 29. Original printed wrappers; small inscription. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare original of De Buck's oration addressed at the Leiden University on June 5 1929 on the occasion of his first lecture there. His doctoral thesis was presented at Leiden seven years earlier almost to the day. Published privately by the now defunct Leiden printers firm of IJdo. Adriaan de Buck 1892-1959 studied Egyptology under Sethe Erman and Möller to become later one of the foremost Egyptologists of his time. In 1922 he gained a theological doctorate at the University of Leiden for which he wrote a thesis on the Primeval Hill as a concept in Egyptian religion "a work which has exercised a profound influence on all later studies on the Heliopolitan theology". Dawson & Uphill. In 1925 he was asked by Gardiner and Breasted to edit an extensive and fully comprehensive edition of the Coffin Texts to be published by the Oriental Institute of Chicago. At the time of his death seven great volumes of texts had appeared and part of his other great work of translating and commenting on them had also been completed "an achievement rarely equalled by one individual in the field of Egyptology". Beinlich-Seeber 4218. OFP-02 <br/> <br/> Leiden, Eduard Ijdo paperback
5963London Oxford Egypt Exploration Society 1975-2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . 36 volumes. Quarto. Various paginations. Plated and figures. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition mostly in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION few issues in reprint. Volumes 61-99 without volumes 90; 95. Total of 36 volumes of the series fully collated for completeness and condition. Plus: Reviews Supplement 71. BOX MUSIC ROOM <br/> <br/> London, Oxford, Egypt Exploration Society, 1975-2013. paperback
197635507E. J. Brill. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Very Light foxing to top of textblock. Tiny red pen mark to rear endpaper arrow. Minor shelfwear.; Looks at the history and administration of the provinces of the Ptolemaic Empire outside Egypt including: Cyrenaica Cyprus Phoenicia Palestine Coele-Syria and various parts of Asia Minor and the Greek Islands also looks at Coinage.; Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition IV; 301 pages . 9004044906 . E. J. Brill hardcover
190112329London: George Allen. 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound into the book is a nicely written typed letter to the book's recipient. Folding map in front pocket; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 94 pages . George Allen hardcover
192584948Egypt Exploration Society. 1925. Paperback. Very Good. 14pp illustrated white paper covers Scarce; quarto . Egypt Exploration Society paperback
1930ZB375114Cairo 1930-53. volumes 23-41 43-46 partly bound illustrated ex library still textually very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Cairo unknown
181128212London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery Pall Mall 1811. Print. Overall very good condition. An attractive print showing the imposing main square in Cairo with large green space in front of the Murad Bey's palace. A caravan of soldiers with men on horses & camels parades along the foreground of the image. Aquatint with period hand color. Image 12 7/8 x 9 1/4" on paper 15 x 11 5/8". Margins with slight marking. R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery Pall Mall unknown
182228211London: John Hearne 1822. Print. Very good condition. A very decorative view of Cairo with the River Nile in the foreground boaters a fisherman and cowheard watering bullocks showing the life of the river buildings in background. From the book "A Selection of Views in Egypt Palestine Rhodes Italy Minorca and Gibraltar" by Rev. Cooper Willyams. Period color aquatint on paper with the watermark "J Whatman Turkey Mill 1822." Platemark 14 3/4 x 10 3/4" on paper 15 3/4 x 11 5/8" John Hearne unknown
190220633Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1902. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Endpapers browned and front endpaper stamped. Light creasing to back boards. Internally handsome and tight with maps in VG condition. ; With 23 maps 66 plans and 59 vignettes. Hinrichsen ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; cxcii 408 pages . Karl Baedeker hardcover
9999_03869Various publishers 1956-1982. 1st Edition . Offprint. . Collection of offprints. Various sizes various publications and publishers. All in original printed wrappers few bit edge frayed in places. All items are fully identified collated and described. Accompanied by a list with full descriptions and collations. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Jan Zandee 1914-1991. Rare collection of offprints from his published oeuvre. Many are presentation copies signed and dedicated by the author. Few doubles. The entire collection comes from the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Baudouin van de Walle 1901-1988 whose entire extended offprint library of several thousands items we purchased a few years ago. ~ SOME OF THE TITLES IN THIS LOT: 1: Egyptological Commentary on the Old Statement. 2: Iosephus conta Apionem: An Apocryphal Story by Joseph in Coptic. 3: Die Lehren des Silvanus. 4: Prayers to the Sun-God from Theban Tombs. 4: Sargtexte um über Wasser zu verfügen. Coffin Texts V 8-22; Sprüche 356-362. 5: De reis van de dode. 6: Sargtexte Spruch 75. 6: Das Schöpferwort im alten Ägypten. 7: Le Messie. 8: Het patroon der Martyria. 9: Oude en nieuwe vormen van Gnostiek. BOX <br/> <br/> Various publishers, 1956-1982. unknown
616611884. . Albumen print. Rich dark tones and in good condition.<br /> <br /> 1884]. unknown
