Published by Am Faculty Pr, 1970
Seller: LEA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, Jamaica, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: New. Like new in a good dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by Richard Bentley, London, 1852
ISBN 10: 1108017118 ISBN 13: 9781108017114
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. chromolithograph of Mount Barkal (Nubia), folding map of the Nile River, and a monochromatic plate (illustrator). First edition. Octavo, 455 pages; blue embossed publisher's cloth with the tag of Remnant & Edmonds of London at rear pastedown, unopened, untrimmed, repaired tear at top of spine, inked name on title-page, light dampstain on fore-edge of the top cover. Note: publisher's cloth binding tag at rear from Remnant & Edmonds. Lepsius was the foremost Prussian Egyptologist. His three-year expedition to Giza in 1842 established him as the Father of the scientific discipline of Egyptology. He was also a prominent scholar in African languages. This is a translation of his Briefe aus Aegypten, Aethiopien und der Halbinsel des Sinai. His 12-volume work on the pyramids, DENKMALER AUS AEGYPTEN UND AETHIOPIEN, especially remains essential. Chromolithograph of Mount Barkal (Nubia), folding map of the Nile River, and a monochromatic plate.