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Boston, MA: S. E. Cassino and Company, 1883. Unstated. Very Good. This is the 3 volume set published in 1883. A new edition, revised and corrected by Samuel Birch w/ illustrations. The previous owner took great care of this set. Taking into account the normal wear expected for books 140 years old, this set is in very good condition. Description: Relatively tight binding, unmarked pages, light surface and edge-wear, light nicks on boards, most pronounced on rear board of volume 3. Rear board of v. 1 partially separated from binding but still completely attached. Bumped corners most pronounced in vol. 3. (No dj as issued)Pictures available upon request. (Displayed) lh
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The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians
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The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians.
by WILKINSON, Sir J. Gardner, Birch Samuel [revised]
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London: John Murray. Very Good. 1878. Hardcover. 3 Volume set of this New, reviesd and Corrected edition, regarded as the best edition of this work. xxx + 510pp, xii +515pp, xi + 528 + publisher's catalogue at end, 72plates, some folding, 643 woodcuts in text, col frontis to vol 1; Large Octavo .
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The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians
by WILKINSON, SIR J. GARDNER and BIRCH, SAMUEL
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lONDON: John Murray, 1878. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Three (3) volumes in gilt lettered and decorated navy cloth. Edition revised by Samuel Birch and considered the best edition. 510 pp, 515 pp, 528 pp. Uncut pages in each volume. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white with many fold outs. Foxing to endpapers. Small chips to cloth and splits in volume 3 otherwise this is a near fine unread copy..
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The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians.: A New Edition, Revised and Corrected.
by WILKINSON, Sir J. Gardner, & Samuel Birch.
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London: John Murray, , 1878. A restoration to life of the ancient Pharoahs The best edition of this keystone work of British Egyptology, carefully revised by Samuel Birch, this copy in an attractive contemporary binding. First published in 1837, The Quarterly Review referred to Wilkinson's minutely detailed and superbly illustrated work as a "restoration to life, as it were, of the ancient Pharaohs, and their subjects". With his meticulous observation and recording of sites (the illustrations are taken from his drawings), Wilkinson (1797-1875) was the first British Egyptologist properly to value the interpretation of Egyptian texts. He "arrived in Egypt on 22 November 1821. He soon became so fascinated with the land that he abandoned all thoughts of an army career and spent the next twelve years there... He accomplished an extraordinary amount of work at most of the major archaeological sites then known in Egypt and recorded them in his numerous notebooks and sketchbooks. His sketches are rendered…
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