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Berger, Catherine, Gisèle Clerc, Nicolas Grimal (Editors). [Jean Leclant].
Hommages à Jean Leclant. I: Études Pharaoniques; II: Nubie, Sudan, Éthiopie; III: Études Isiaques; IV: Varia. [FOUR VOLUMES].
Four volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. 548, (9); 428, (13); 503, (10); 491, (10). Frontispiece to first volume. Plates, some folding; illustrations to text. Uniformly bound in the original pictorial stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Contributions in French, German, English. Nice set from the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate to each volume.
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Thompson, Stepehn E.; Peter Der Manuelian. (Leonard H. Lesko).
Egypt and Beyond: Essays Presented to Leonard H. Lesko upon his Retirement from the Wilbour Chair of Egyptology at Brown University, June 2005.
Quarto. Pp. xxxi, 340. Frontispiece, plates and text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's blue full cloth with colour photograph mounted on cover. In fine condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Osing, Jürgen, Erland Kolding Nielsen (Editors). (Erik Iversen).
The Heritage of Ancient Egypt: Studies in Honour of Erik Iversen.
Crown quarto. Pp. 123. Colour frontispiece. Figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth., lettered and illustrated. In fine condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Heerma van Voss with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Kristensen, W. (Willem, William) Brede.
Aegypternes forestillinger om livet efter døden i forbindelse med guderne Ra og osiris.
Quarto. Pp. (4), 172. Hardcover, bound in contemporary red three-quarters cloth and matching marbled boards, gilt-ruled sides, spine lettered, decorated, and dated in gilt, upper board bit sun faded. Endpapers foxed, some sporadic foxing inside, else a nice copy in a very good condition. ~ First edition. Extremely rare. Kristensen's original doctoral thesis ("Egyptian Ideas about the Hereafter in Connection with the Gods Re and Osiris"). Lithographed in its entirety from the manuscript. Willem Brede Kristensen (1867-1953). Dutch orientalist and anthropologist of Norwegian origin. He was professor for the History of Religion at the Leiden University(1901-37) and made a special study of ancient religions and anthropology, including Egyptian beliefs. He also studied Sanskrit, Hebrew, Avestian, Phoenician and Egyptian. Kristensen's work and thought were very influential and he is considered by some as "the father of many scholars in the fields of Egyptology and comparative religion i.e. De Buck, Van der Leeuw, Bleeker, and Zandee. His most well known work was "Life out of Death" (published in Dutch as "Het leven uit den dood", 1926). His collected lectures were published as "The Meaning of Religion: Lectures in the Phenomenology of Religion" (1960). See also: Heerma van Voss e.a: "Studies in Egyptian Religion Dedicated to Professor Jan Zandee" (Leiden 1982). ~ Provenance: From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Heerma van Voss with his charming bookplate inside cover. Before that in the private collection of G. van der Leeuw with a small oval ink stamp to that effect. Beinlich-Seeber 11094.
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Moret, Alexandre.
La mise a mort du dieu en Egypte. (Fondation Frazer, Conférence I).
Crown quarto. Pp. 59. Illustrations. Original stiff wrappers printed in red and black, some foxing. In good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover. Beinlich-Seeber 13994.
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Montet, Pierre.
Le drame d'Avaris. Essai sur la pénétration des Sémites en Egypte.
Crown quarto. Pp. 224. Plus 16 plates printed in fine collotype on heavy paper. With many text figures. Original stiff wrappers printed in red and black, bit shabby, spine worn, chipped at foot. Very good internally. ~ First edition. Erroneous date on title-page (1941). From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover. Beinlich-Seeber 13843 (also noting the variation in publishing date).
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Junker, Hermann.
Der sehende und blinde Gott (Mhntj-irtj und Mhntj-n-irtj).
Octavo. Pp. 93. Original wrappers, worn and detached. In a very good internal condition. ~ First edition. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Abteilung, Heft 7. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate on verso of title. With many of his pencil annotations. Beinlich-Seeber 10577.
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Kasser, Rodolphe.
L'Evangile selon saint Jean et les versions coptes.
Royal octavo. Pp. 318. Original stiff wrappers with flaps. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Heerma van Voss with his charming bookplate inside cover. With a signed dedication from the Author.
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Shore, A. F. (Arthur Frank) (Editor).
Joshua I-VI and Other Passages in Coptic. Edited from a Fourth-Century Sahidic Codex in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. (Chester Beatty Monographs, 9).
Crown quarto. Pp. 76. Plus 2 fine collotype plates. Several indices. Original brown wrappers printed in black, extending edges bit frayed. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Heerma van Voss with his charming bookplate.
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Vila, André.
La prospection archéologique de la vallée du Nil au sud de la cataracte de dal.(Nubie Soudanaise). Volume 3: District de Ferka (Est et Oest).
Quarto. Pp. 103. With numerous figures and finds illustrations Original stiff wrappers. In good condition. ~ First edition.
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Malinine, Michel, Jan Zandee, e.a. (Editors).
De Resurrectione (Epistula ad Rheginum). Codex Jung F. XXIIr - F.XXVv (p. 43-50).
Quarto. Pp. xxxiv, 72. plus 8 plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's handsome quarter calf and buckram over boards, spine and cover lettered in gilt. In mint condition. A splendid copy. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Heerma van Voss with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Wassef, Cérès Wissa.
Pratiques rituelles et alimentaires des Coptes.
Quarto. Pp. xxi, 441. Plus 9 plates bound at end. Original stiff wrappers, small tear at head of spine. In fine condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his small ink stamp to first blank.
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Rummel, Ute (Editor).
Meeting the Past - 100 Years in Egypt: German Archaeological Institute Cairo 1907-2007. Catalogue of the Special Exhibition in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo 19th November 2007 to 15th January 2008.
Square crown quarto. Pp. xii, 173. Illustrated throughout. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Catalogue of the exhibition in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo 19th November 2007 to 15th January 2008.
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Chappaz, Jean-Luc, e.a.
Kerma et archéologie nubienne. Collection du Musée d'art et d'histoire, Genève.
Octavo. Pp. 59. Frontispiece. Plates, figures, maps. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Lavishly illustrated. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature.
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Mojsov, Bojana.
Osiris: Death and Afterlife of a God.
Royal octavo. Pp. xx, 150. Plus a suite of plates in colour and b&w. Maps and figures. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. Some pencil annotations, else in fine condition. ~ First edition. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature.
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Kees, Hermann.
Göttinger Totenbuchstudien.
Quarto. Pp. (iv), 39. Original printed wrappers. In good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Faulkner, Raymond O. (Translator); Carol Andrews (Editor).
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Revised Edition.
Quarto. Pp. 192. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket, spine panel bit faded. In fine condition, mint interior. ~ Revised edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover and with his annotations on slips of paper, loosely inserted.
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Rossiter, Evelyn; Albert Champdor.
Le Livre des Morts. Papyrus d'Ani, Hunefer, Anhaï. Papyrus égyptiens (1420-1100 av. J.-C.). [AND:] Le Livre des Morts. Papyrus d'Ani, de Hunefer, d'Anhaï, du British Museum.
Lot of 2 books. Quarto. Pp. 121. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. [AND:] Albert Champdor: "Le Livre des Morts. Papyrus d'Ani, de Hunefer, d'Anhaï, du British Museum". (Paris, Albin Michel, 1963). Pp. 176. Numerous illustrations. Illustrated still wrappers with flaps. In a very good condition. ~ Both volumes are the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss with his charming bookplate inside cover. The second work with many of his annotations and cross-references loosely inserted.
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Westendorf, Wolfhart (Editor).
Göttinger Totenbuchstudien. Beiträge zum 17. Kapitel. (Göttinger Orientforschungen. Ägypten 3).
Crown quarto. Pp. xiii, 208. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Göttinger Orientforschungen. Ägypten 3. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his small ink stamp to first blank.
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Hornung, Erik.
Das esoterische Ägypten. Das geheime Wissen der Ägypter und sein Einfluß auf das Abendland.
Octavo. Pp. 232. Illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's boards with dust-jacket. In fine condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover. A personal note on a postcard, dated 1998, from Hornung to Heerma van Voss is loosely inserted.
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Hornung, Erik.
Der Eine und die Vielen. Altägyptische Gotterwelt.
Royal octavo. Pp. 302. Plus 12 colour plates bound at end. With 29 figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's boards with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Sixth edition, completely revised and enlarged.
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Hornung, Erik.
Echnaton. Die Religion des Lichtes. [AND:] Geist der Pharaonenzeit. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Octavo. Pp. 159. Plus plates, some in colour. Figures, maps. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's boards with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. [AND:] Erik Hornung: "Geist der Pharaonenzeit". (Zürich, Artemis, 1989). Octavo. Pp. 224. hardcover with dust-jacket. In mint condition. ~ Both volumes are from the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover. The first work is with his pencil annotations, comments, and cross references, all in his characteristic neat hand.
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Hornung, Erik.
Die Nachtfahrt der Sonne. Eine altägyptische Beschreibung des Jenseits.
Octavo. Pp. 238. Text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. The article "Twelve Hours and an Eternity" by terence DuQuesne, a review of Hornung's book extracted from Discussions in Egyptology, is loosely inserted.
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Hornung, Erik.
Over de Oudegyptische Denkwereld.
Royal octavo. Pp. 263. Richly illustrated. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In mint condition. ~ First Dutch edition. Translated from the German by Carla van den Oever.
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Hornung, Erik.
Einführung in die Ägyptologie. Stand, Methoden, Aufgaben. [AND:] Der Eine und die Vielen. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Octavo. Pp. 169. Original stiff wrappers bit discoloured. In fine condition. ~ First edition. [AND:] Hornung: "Der Eine und die Vielen". (Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1971). Octavo. Pp. 280. Plus 5 plates and with text figures. Original limp boards. In mint condition. ~ From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover of first work.
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Hornung, Erik.
Die Nachtfahrt der Sonne. Eine altägyptische Beschreibung des Jenseits. [AND:] Einführung in die Ägyptologie. Stand, Methoden, Aufgaben. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Octavo. Pp. 238. Illustrations. Original stiff wrappers; signature to first page. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature to first free endpaper. [AND:] Hornung: "Einführung in die Ägyptologie. Stand, Methoden, Aufgaben". (Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1993). Octavo. Pp. 163. As new. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate to first page.
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Hornung, Erik.
De verborgen kennis van het Oude Egypte
Octavo. Pp. 283. Illustrations. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First Dutch edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with a dedication card from Hornung loosely inserted.
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Hornung, Erik.
Altägyptische Höllenvorstellungen. (Abhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 59,3).
Quarto. Pp. 39, (3). Plus 7 plates printed in fine collotype bound at end. With 7 figures to the text. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Abhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Band 59, Heft 3. ~ With a signed dedication from the Author on title-page.
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Weynants-Ronday, M.; Jean Capart.
Les Statues Vivantes. Introduction à l'Étude des Statues Égyptiennes.
Crown quarto. Pp. xi, 203. Original wrappers printed in red and black, discoloured, spine bit frayed, brown offset from inserted newspaper clips. In good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate and with his pencil annotations in his characteristic neat hand. Beinlich-Seeber 20722.
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Capart, Jean.
L'Art Égyptien. Choix de documents accompagnés d'indications bibliographiques. Première série & Deuxième serie. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes bound in one. Octavo. Pp. 31, plus 100 plates; (ii), 33-67, plus 100 plates. Hardcover, bound in contemporary three-quarters green pebbled cloth and matching marbled boards, spine gilt; text leaves foxed as usual due to inferior paper quality. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. With a total of 200 plates printed on fine paper. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Forman, Werner, Hannelore Kischkewitz.
Die Altägyptische Zeichnung.
Quarto. Pp. 33, plus 61 plates, some folding. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorated full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover and with his annotations on slips of paper, loosely inserted.
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Gerster, Georg.
Nubien - Goldland am Nil.
Quarto. Pp. 227. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original pictorial boards. In fine condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Kybalová, Ludmila.
Die alten Weber am Nil. Koptische Stoffe. Ein Beitrag zur ästhetisch-technologischen Problematik.
Quarto. Pp. 157. Profusely illustrated. Pictorial endpapers. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorated full cloth, with good pictorial dust-jacket with some short nicks. Book is in a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his small ink stamp inside dust-jacket.
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Cramer, Maria.
Koptische Buchmalerei. Illuminationen in Manuskripten des christlich-koptischen Ägypten vom 4. bis 19. Jahrhundert.
Crown quarto. Pp. 134, (30). Illustrated throughout. Original extended Corrigenda & Addenda slip loosely inserted. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorated full cloth, with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover. [ADDED:] Prof. Dr. Hellmut Brunner: "Coptic Book Illumination". Review of this book, extract from "Beleg Mundus" (1965); [AND:] Pierre du Bourguet: "Koptische Buchmalerei". Review of this book, offprint from "Bibliotheca Orientalis" (1965). Both these articles are with Prof. Heerma van Voss' small ownership stamp.
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Laurent, Véronique.
Antiquités égyptiennes. Inventaire des collections du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.
Quarto. Pp. 325. Illustrated throughout. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate.
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Leclant, Jean, e.a.
Tanis. L'or des pharaons.
Quarto. Pp. 280, (6). Illustrated throughout. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Provenance: From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover and with his annotations on slips of paper, loosely inserted.
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Scamuzzi, Ernesto.
Museo Egizio di Torino.
Small folio. Unpaginated. Comprising of 114 plates, those in colour printed separately and tipped-in with explanatory texts on facing leaves. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Carlier, Achille.
Thèbes. Capitale de la haute-Égypte. 70 photographies.
Quarto. Comprising of 10 double-page sheets with beautifully printed photogravure photographs; 4 pages of introductory text and 4 pages of extended explanatory captions to the photographs. With a total of 70 photographs. All placed inside original folder with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition, absolutely crisp plates. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Posener, G. (Georges).
Littérature et politique dans l'Égypte de la XIIe Dynastie.
Crown quarto. Pp. xi, 170. Original wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Schneider, Hans D., Maarten J. Raven
De Egyptische oudheid. Een inleiding aan de hand van de Egyptische verzameling in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden.
Royal octavo. Pp. 173 in double columns. Richly illustrated. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. This copy comes from the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover and with many of his annotations written on paper slips, loosely inserted. Also included are many photographs that he clipped from magazines, exhibition announcements and other memorabilia that he collected, etc.
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Morenz, Siegfried, Martin Kaiser.
Die Begegnung Europas mit Ägypten. [WITH:] Herodots Begegnung mit Ägypten.
Two parts in one volume. Paginated consecutively. Octavo. Pp. 198, plus 20 plates; 201-246. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with a dedication to him from Morenz. Also with some pencil annotations and corrections in his neat characteristic hand.
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Lunsingh Scheurleer, Robert A.
Egypte, geschenk van de Nijl.
Quarto. Pp. 211. Lavishly illustrated. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, with pictorial dust-jacket. In mint condition. Excellent copy, as new. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover. Also included are photographs that he clipped from magazines, exhibition announcements and other memorabilia that he collected, etc.
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Volten, A. (Aksel).
Studien zum Weisheitsbuch des Anii.
Royal octavo. Pp. 177. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover, hiding some text of publisher's list. With a manuscript dedication to him from the Author, dated 1955.
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Rowe, Alan.
A Catalogue of Egyptian Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals and Amulets in the Palestine Archaeological Museum.
Royal quarto. Pp. xlviii, 343. Plus 38 plates with numerous illustrations to each, some double-page with explanatory text on facing leave. Plus 3 double-page graphs and schedules bound at end. Frontispiece map printed in red & black. Some text figures. Hardcover, bound in handsome full buckram, spine gilt, sides blind ruled, cloth inner hinges. With the original paper cover bound-in. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Alan Jenvey Rowe (1890-1968). From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover. With his entry in manuscript to corner of title-page. Beinlich-Seeber 17419.
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Staehelin, Elisabeth.
Aegyptens heilige Pillendreher. Von Skarabäen und anderen Siegelamuletten.
Oblong octavo. Pp. 67, (4). Many plates and figures. Includes an illustrated overview of Kings and dynasties. Hardcover, bound in the original pictorial boards. In fine condition. As new. ~ First edition. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Meulenaere, Herman De.
Scarabaeus sacer.
Square octavo. Pp. 35. Illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with dust-jacket. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. With a dedication by the Author.
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Hornung, Erik, Harry Burton, Marsha Hill.
The Tomb of Pharaoh Seti I. / Das Grab Sethos' I.
Royal quarto, 32x29cm. Pp. 264. Comprising of 200 finely printed plates. Text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. This is the large quarto edition, bilingual, both in English and German. A second edition, in German only, has been published in 1999. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Hawass, Zahi.
The Treasures of the Pyramids.
Small folio. Pp. 400. Lavishly illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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Siliotti, Alberto.
Egypt: Temples, Men and God. [AND:] Egypt: Splendours of an Ancient Civilization. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Small folio. Pp. 290. Lavishly illustrated throughout. Includes large folding plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. [TO THIS WE ADD:] Alberto Siliotti: "Egypt: Splendours of an Ancient Civilization". (London, Thames and Hudson, 1994). Small folio. Pp. 290. Lavishly illustrated throughout. Includes large folding plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society.
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Sharpe, Samuel, Joesph Bonomi.
The Alabaster Sarcophagus of Oimenepthah I., King of Egypt, Now in Sir John Soanes Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Drawn and Described.
Quarto. Pp. 45, (1). Plus 19 double-page plates hand-drawn and printed in blue ink. With 12 woodcut illustrations to the text. Dedication leaf. Original corrigenda slip and Notice to the Reader tipped-in. Nice title-vignette (Heaven bestowing knowledge on a man and his soul). Appendix. Hardcover, bound in the original cloth and plain boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards chafed, inner hinges open, short tear to blank margin of one leaf. Very good interior in mediocre binding. ~ First edition. The first attempt to describe the contents of the texts and scenes on the alabaster sarcophagus of Seti I. Dedicated to the memory of Giovanni Battista Belzoni "who discovered this sculptured monument" and of John Soane "who bought it and gave it to the British Nation". Joseph Bonomi (1796-1878). Sharpe and Bonomi cooperated on several publishing projects. Bonomi, although not an Egyptologist, was considered to have greater knowledge and experience of Egypt than most of his contemporaries and the contributions he made greater. Samuel Sharpe (1799-1881), Joseph Bonomi (1796-1878). From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover and with some of his neat pencil annotations in margins. Beinlich-Seeber 18641.
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