Notes R Lamy (2 results)

Couverture souple. Condition: Assez bon.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Lamy, Lucie (Notes, diagrams and drawings) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Rare. Glossy blue pictorial boards with dark blue linen, and gilt lettering along the spine. This opulent book is 730 pages in length, with a total of 740 illustrations, of which 606 are remarkable black-and-white plates of various highlights of the Karnak temples, and 134 text drawings. Our copy appears unread, exceptionally clean, and is in virtually brand new condition. The volume comes protected in an attractive matching and sturdy cardboard slipcase. Also in mint condition. Note, that this is a large, heavy book. This publication should find a place in every Egyptological collection. Photographs are available. "The Temples of Karnak is a magnificent excursion to the monuments, ruins, statues and bas-reliefs of the ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak and the only complete photographic record of this important historic site. Because of recent vandalism, many of the buildings are no longer intact, and it is now impossible to see the details so beautifully captured in these images by award-winning photographers Georges and Valentine de Mire. The unconventional insights of R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, the renowned Egyptian scholar, illuminate more than 450 full-page plates and delicate line drawings. In chapters on The Land of the Nile', The Writing', Myth', The Royalty' and The Temples of Karnak' Schwaller de Lubicz describes in mystical terms the enigmatic beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. Situated just a few miles from Luxor, the temples of Karnak reveal the remains of a world devoted to an unimpeachable faith in the afterlife - a faith whose conviction exalted its builders and artists to produce one of the most magnificent buildings of ancient Egypt".