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London:: John Murray,, 1878.. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected by Samuel Birch.. publisher's green gilt cloth.. Old ink ownership signature in each volume; a little splitting to the (inner) hinges; some use to the extremities of the cloth; both volumes tight and sound; contents fine.. 8vo,. Profusely illustrated from plates and text illustrations; some color; some folding..
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The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. Vols. I-II only (of III).
by WILKINSON, Sir J. Gardner. BIRCH, Samuel (ed.)
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A Second Series of the MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS:Their Religion, Agriculture. Vol I, Vol II, Vol III Supplement Index and Plates.
by WILKINSON, Sir J GARDNER
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Derived from a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors. All 3 vols have spines damaged and had missing portions, now restored. Spines have have gold cupped lilies with fruits in the cup. The front covers in gold show a stylised royal ark on a plinth, slightly rubbed. The edges are NOT worn and the corners are only very slightly bumped or not at all. Vol I has a label of "Rev Francis Goddard of Writhlington" and the other 2 Vols have his signature in ink. VOL I : xxix plus Errata page plus 444 pages; vignettes in the text from # K; text figures from #436 to 456a. VOL II : xxxv plus Errata page plus 483 pages; Text Figures go to #504. VOL III : xi, plates from #18 to #88; plates 73 & 74 have been moved elsewhere, i e #24a and 46a respectively; plate #75 MISSING /appears to have been torn out; 37 page Index plus 13 pages adverts. Plates 84 and 84 are folding plates in colour; plates 20, 30, 37a, 46a are foxed but the others are very…
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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS: First Series. Iincluding Their Private Lives, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion and Early History. Vol I, Vol II, Vol III. NOT INCLUDING Supplement.
by WILKINSON, Sir J GARDNER
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Derived from a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors. All 3 volumes have spines damaged and had missing portions, now restored. Spines have have gold long-stemmed lilies with scarab beetles on top; the front covers in gold show a Pharoah on a swing seat, slightly rubbed. The edges are NOT worn and the corners are only very slightly bumped or not at all. No ownership markings. Frontis MISSING from Volume I and II; VOL I :front free end paper replaced; xxxiii plus Errata slip plus 406 pages; Chapter vignettes from #A to C; text figures to #73a. 3 Plates, one in colour, one folding. VOL II : xxxiv plus Errata slip plus 446 pages; Text Figures go to #317; plates 1-4 and 7 are NOT listed and NOT present; b&w plates 5,6,8,9, are listed and present, colour plate 10 and b&w plates 11,12, and 14 are listed and present; Plate 13 should have formed the frontis but is missing. VOL III : re-printed 1842. colour frontis (Plate 17), xxiv plus 404…
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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.: 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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