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London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1925 . Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Not Stated. A very scarce copy of this abundantly illustrated historical account of Egypt Syria and Assyria by acclaimed Egyptologist Gaston Maspero. A reprint of the second edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece two coloured plates a coloured map and in text illustrations throughout. Collated complete.A work by Gaston Maspero a French Egyptologist and director general of excavations and antiquities for the Egyptian government. Widely regarded as the foremost Egyptologist of his generation Maspero began his career teaching Egyptian language in Paris becoming a professor at the Collège de France. In 1880 he led an archaeological mission to Egypt which later became the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale.This volumes covers the early history of Egypt Syria and Assyria from the first Chaldaen Empire and the Herids in Egypt to the rise of Syrian Empire and the Hebrews and Philistines in Damascus and the 21st Egyptian Dynasty. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Fading to spine with bumping to the head and tail. Fading to board edges with a mark to rear board. Light spotting and offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting to the front and rear. Very Good Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover