S Birch Intro (4 results)

Half leather with leather Corn. Condition: Befriedigend. 24/ 314 pages; 313 illustrations; Name on endpaper, which has a crack, Not Stated (illustrator). Volume I of Georg Ebers' informative and illustrated history of Ancient Egypt, translated by Clara Bell, with notes by Samuel Birch. Volume I of a two-volume work in the publisher's original Half leather(leather rubbed to edges and spine with cracks) binding, min. stained. An important history of Ancient Egypt by Georg Ebers (1837-1898), an authority of Egyptology. He was best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. This work is translated from the original German into English by Clara Bell, an important translator of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with an introduction and notes by the British Egyptologist and antiquarian Samuel Birch (1813-1885). Profusely illustrated throughout with a frontispiece, thirteen plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Externally, generally satisfacting. Front hinges are slightly strained but remain firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with few spotted pages. Size: 25,5x33cm.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Volume I of Georg Ebers' informative and illustrated history of Ancient Egypt, translated by Clara Bell, with notes by Samuel Birch. Volume I of a two-volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the boards and spine. All edges gilt. An important history of Ancient Egypt by Georg Ebers (1837-1898), an authority of Egyptology. He was best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. This work is translated from the original German into English by Clara Bell, an important translator of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with an introduction and notes by the British Egyptologist and antiquarian Samuel Birch (1813-1885). Profusely illustrated throughout with a frontispiece, thirteen plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Shelf wear, causing small losses, to the head and tail of the spine and to the corners. Hinges are slightly strained but remain firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot, more so to the first and last few pages. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Half leather with leather Corn. Condition: Good. 22/ 382 pages; 374 illustrations; various illustrators. Volume II of Georg Ebers' informative and illustrated history of Ancient Egypt, translated by Clara Bell, with notes by Samuel Birch. Volume II of a two-volume work in the publisher's original Half leather(leather min. rubbed), with pictorial gilt to the spine. An important history of Ancient Egypt by Georg Ebers (1837-1898), an authority of Egyptology. He was best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. This work is translated from the original German into English by Clara Bell, an important translator of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with an introduction and notes by the British Egyptologist and antiquarian Samuel Birch (1813-1885). Profusely illustrated throughout with a frontispiece, thirteen plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.Externally, generally smart. Hinges are firml. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean spot. Size: 25,5x33cm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 2-volume set. brown cloth covers with gilt decoration shows moderate to heavy wear and soiling, some loss at the corners and spine ends. pages are tanned and foxed. loose/torn hinges.