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Wildung, Dietrich; Nancy Thomas.
Egypt: From Prehistory to the Romans. [AND:] The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS ON EGYPTOLOGY].
Lot of 2 books on Egyptology. Folio. Hardcover with dust-jackets. Lavishly illustrated. Various paginations, various publishers. In fine condition, the second title is new. ~ Lot of 2 books on the subject of Egyptology. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society.
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Strathern, Paul; Paul Doherty; Andrew Michael Chugg; Mark Healy.
Napoleon in Egypt: "The Greatest Glory". [AND:] Alexander the Great: The Death of a God. [AND:] Qadesh 1300 BC: Clash of the Warrior Kings. [LOT OF 3 BOOKS ON EGYPTOLOGY].
Lot of 3 books on Egyptology. Large octavo. Two are hardcover with dust-jackets. All are illustrated. Various paginations, various publishers. In very good to fine condition. ~ Lot of 3 books on the subject of Egyptology. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature to one book. [NOTE: A fourth book which is in the photo is not included].
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James, T. G. H.; Christine Hobson; Derek A. Welsby; Karol Mysliwiec.
The British Museum Concise Introduction: Ancient Egypt. [AND:] Exploring the World of the Pharaohs: A Complete Guide to Ancient Egypt. [AND:] The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires. [AND:] The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E. [LOT OF 4 BOOKS ON EGYPTOLOGY].
Lot of 4 books on Egyptology. Quarto. All are softcover, all are illustrated. Various paginations, various publishers. In fine condition. ~ Lot of 4 books on the subject of Ancient Egypt. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, often with his ownership signature.
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Renfrew, Colin & Paul Bahn; Ian Hodder; Cassandra Vivian; Cheikh Anta Diop.
Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice (Third Edition). [AND:] The Archaeological Process: An Introduction. [AND:] The Western Desert of Egypt: An Explorer's Handbook. [AND:] The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality. [LOT OF 4 BOOKS ON EGYPTOLOGY].
Lot of 4 books on archaeology and Ancient Egypt. Quarto and large octavo. All are softcover, all are illustrated. Various paginations, various publishers. In fine condition. ~ Lot of 4 books on the subject. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature in two books.
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Cauville, Sylvie.
L'Oeil de Rê. Histoire de la construction de Dendara.
Octavo. Pp. 263. Text figures. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Unused book from the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature.
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Goyon, Jean-Claude.
Rê, Maât et Pharaon ou le destin de l'Égypte antique.
Octavo. Pp. 204. With plates and text figures. Original stiff wrappers. As New. ~ First edition.
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Cauville, S. (Sylvie).
Le Zodiaque d'Osiris.
Square octavo. Pp. 81. Illustrated. Original stiff wrappers. In mint condition. ~ First edition.
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Wiese, André; Dietrich Wildung; Erik Hornung; Emma Brunner-Traut & Hellmut Brunner.
Antikenmuseum Basel und sammlung Ludwig. Die Ägyptische Abteilung. [AND:] Hieroglyphen! Der Mythos der Bilderschrif von Nofretete bis Andy Warhol. [AND:] Tal der Könige. Die Ruhestätte der Pharaonen. [AND:] Osiris Kreuz und Halbmond. Die drei Religionen Ägyptens. [LOT OF 4 BOOKS ON EGYPTOLOGY].
Lot of 4 books on Egyptology. Quarto. All are hardcover with dust-jackets when issued. All are illustrated. Various paginations, various publishers. In fine condition, mostly as new. ~ Lot of 4 books on the subject of Egyptology. Hornung's "Tal der Könige" comes from the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover.
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Brunner-Traut, Emma; Manfred Gutgesell; Labib Habachi; Dietrich Wildung; I. E. S. Edwards.
Die altägyptische Grabkammer Seschemnofers III. aus Gîsa. [AND:] Arbeiter und Pharaonen. Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte im Alten Ägypten. [AND:] Die unsterblichen Obelisken Ägyptens. [AND:] Die Stadt in der Steppe. Grabungen des Ägyptischen Museums Berlin in Naga, Sudan. [AND:] Die ägyptischen Pyramiden. [LOT OF 5 BOOKS ON EGYPTOLOGY].
Lot of 5 books on Egyptology. Quarto and octavo. Three are hardcover with dust-jackets when issued, 2 are sofcover. All are illustrated. Various paginations, various publishers. In fine condition. ~ Lot of 5 books on the subject of Egyptology.
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Simpson, William Kelly (Editor); R. O. Faulkner, Edward F. Wente, Jr.
The Literature of Ancient Egypt; An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetry.
Octavo. Pp. viii, 328. Plus 4 plates with illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering-piece to spine, with fair dust-jacket. Book is in a very good condition. ~ First edition.
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Wainwright, G. A.
The Sky-Religion in Egypt: Its Antiquity and Effects.
Octavo. Pp. xvi, 120. Plates and text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's light blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, with dust-jacket which is foxed and chipped in places. Book is in a very good condition with one page stained in margins. ~ First edition.
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Hawass, Zahi, Wafaa El-Sadeek (El-Saddik).
Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum. (The Supreme Council of Antiquities). [AND:] Rihlah ilá al-khulud ["Journey to immortality"]. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS ON EGYPTOLOGY].
Lot of 2 books on Egyptology. Quarto. Pp. 141. Illustrated throughout. original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. [ADDED:] Zahi Hawass & Wafaa El-Sadeek: "Rihlah ilá al-khulud" ["Journey to immortality"]. (Cairo, The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2006). Quarto. Pp. 63. Profusely illustrated. In Arabaic (published in English as "Journey to immortality").
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Englund, Gertie.
Akh. Une notion religieuse dans l'Egypte pharaonique.
Quarto. Pp. 227. With some figures. Original stiff wrappers; cover rubbed, torn at corner, spine worn at upper part. However, the book has a fine, spotless interior and as such is an excellent study copy. ~ First edition. Uppsala Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near eastern Civilizations, XI.
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Müller-Winkler, Claudia.
Die ägyptischen Objekt-Amulette. Mit Publikation der Sammlung des Biblischen Instituts der Universität Freiburg Schweiz, ehemals Sammung Fouad S. Matouk. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Series Archaeologica, 5).
Royal quarto. Pp. 590. Plus 40 photo-plates bound at end, each with numerous images. Large folding table. With text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with a very good dust-jacket which is a bit edge frayed. Book is in fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition of Müller-Winkler's doctoral dissertation. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Series Archaeologica, 5. "Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde von der Philosophischen Fakultät I der Universität Zürich im Wintersemester 1986/87 auf Antrag von Prof. Dr. P. Kaplony als Dissertation angenommen." [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
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Blankenberg-Van Delden, C.
The Large Commemorative Scarabs of Amenhotep III. (Documenta et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui, 15).
Quarto. Pp. xi, 198. Plus 35 plates with multiple images to each. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt cover and spine, with illustrated dust-jacket. In near fine condition. ~ First edition. Documenta et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui, 15. A series edited by William Albright and Jacques Vandier. "The importance of the present volume will be apparent when it is recollected that the inscriptions on these objects form a sizeable proportion of what passes for historical information on the reign of Amenophis III." - Geoffrey T. Martin, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1972. ~ "Die große Mühe und Sorgfalt, mit der das zum großen Teil noch unveröffentlichte Material zusammengetragen wurde, verdient dankbare Anerkennung.vorbildlichen Dokumentation." Erik Hornung, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1973. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011). [ADDED:] C. Blankenberg-Van Delden: "Once Again Some more Commemorative Scarabs of Amenophis III." Reprinted from The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1977. Describes 9 scarabs of the "marriage" & "lion hunt" type located in Great Britain, Israel and the U.S.A. (AEB 77094). [AND:] "Additional Remarks on Queen Ahhotep, Consort of Senakhtenre Tao I?" Offprint from GM 1981. [AND:] A typed, signed letter from the Author to Prof. De Meulenaere, presenting a copy and discussing, in Dutch, related matters. She mentions the resurface of one of the lost Pier scarabs, LSA7, in the Detroit Institute of Art, and concludes that now, when it is not to be expected that many other exemplars will surface, her work is concluded, a task that many years was assigned to her by the late Prof. Jozef Janssen. [ALSO ADDED:] An offprint from "Orientalistische Literaturzeitung" with Hornung's full review of the book. A unique scholar's copy.
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Malaise, Michel.
Les scarabées de coeur dans l'Égypte ancienne. Avec un appendice sur les scarabées de coeur des Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire de Bruxelles. (Monographies Reine Élisabeth, 4).
Octavo. Pp. 94. Plus 9 plates. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition, practically unused. ~ First edition. Monographies Reine Élisabeth, 4.
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Matouk, Fouad S.
Corpus du scarabée égyptien. I. Les scarabées royaux; II. Analyse thématique. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes. Quarto. Pp. 222, with 877 line-drawn illustrations and 904 photographs of scarabs; 416, with 2240 line-drawn illustrations and 2480 photographs of scarabs. First volume is in the original illustrated stiff wrappers; the 2nd volume is hardcover, bound in the original navy blue cloth, large gilt decoration embossed on cover. In a very good condition, crisp interiors. ~ First edition. Complete set.
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Budge, E. A. (Ernest Alfred) Wallis.
The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt. With Maps, Plans of Temples, and Numerous Illustrations. Ninth Edition, 1905.
Octavo. Pp. 808. Plus folded map as frontispiece, "Cook's Map of The Nile: Wadi Half to Khartum" and 2 other maps of Cook's steamer and dahabeya service on the Nile, all 3 maps with hand-coloured routes. With illustrations and plans. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's brown full cloth on limp boards, gilt decoration to cover, marbled endpapers and edges; short splits at folds of large map. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Ninth edition. [Provenance:] From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society.
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Baedeker, Karl. Emma Brunner-Traut & Vera Hell.
Baedekers Ägypten und der Sûdân. Handbuch für Reisende. Mit 21 Karten, 85 Plänen und Grundrissen und 56 Abbildungen. Achte Auflage, 1928. [AND:] Aegypten. Studienreiseführer mit Landeskunde. Mit 150 Abbildungen, 25 Karten und Plänen, 2 Ausklapptafeln und 2 Sonderkarten. (Führer für Studienreisen, I). [LOT OF 2 BOOK].
Small octavo. Pp. 202+480. Plus 21 maps, 85 plans, and 56 illustrations. Most of the maps and plans are folding and in colour. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's red full cloth over limp boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine, with 2 cloth ribbon markers. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Eighth edition. [TO THIS WE ADD:] Emma Brunner-Traut & Vera Hell: Aegypten. Studienreiseführer mit Landeskunde. Mit 150 Abbildungen, 25 Karten und Plänen, 2 Ausklapptafeln und 2 Sonderkarten. (Stuttgart, Hans Günther, 1963). Octavo. Pp. 626. With folding maps, plans and illustrations. Hardcover without dj. In fine condition. [ALSO ADDED:] Cairo Tourist Map. (Cairo, United Arab Republic Tourist Administration, 1961). Large, folding map, in several colours.
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Mariette, Auguste (Edouard).
Catalogue genéral des monuments d'Abydos découverts pendant les fouilles de cette ville.
Quarto. Pp. vii, 560. Plus one plate with a mounted albumen print. Text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original contemporary quarter calf, sides navy blue, spine brown with four gilt-tooled raised bands, direct gilt lettering in second compartment, marbled endpapers. A wide-margined copy in fine condition. ~ First edition. Beinlich-Seeber 12883. Mariette Auguste Edouard (1821-1881). [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011), occassionally with his interesting pencil annotations in a very neat hand. [ADDED:] Four pages of photocopy: "Beziehung der Nummern in Auguste Mariettes Catalogue genéral des monuments d'Abydos auf die Nummern der Grab- und Denksteine." (Catalogue du Musée du Caire). Unique scholar's copy.
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Alliot, Maurice.
Rapport sur les fouilles de Tell Edfou (1932). [AND:] Rapport sur les fouilles de Tell Edfou (1933). [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes bound in one. Royal quarto. Pp. 48, plus 40 plates including some large and folding, and with 82 text figures; 41, plus 23 plates. Most of the photographic plates with multiple images to each. Hardcover, bound in handsome brown artificial calf, gilt lettering-piece to spine. In mint condition. A splendid copy. ~ First edition. Maurice Ferdinand Alliot (1903-1960). [Provenance:] Presentation copy, signed and dedicated by the author to Egyptologist Louis Speleers (1882-1966). Later in the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011) from where it comes now. Beinlich-Seeber 1779.
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Säve-Söderbergh, Torny.
Four Eighteenth (18th) Dynasty Tombs. (Private Tombs at Thebes, I).
Royal quarto. Pp. xii, 55. Plus 72 plates, many double-page, some printed in fine collotype, with numerous illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's grey full cloth, gilt lettering to spine; spine-ends and corner-tips trifle bumped. In a very good condition, crisp interior. ~ First edition. Private Tombs at Thebes, I. Torny Säve-Söderbergh (1914-1998). Among his principle publications. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011). [ADDED:] In 1962, Henri Wild published in "Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte" an extended review of Säve-Söderbergh's book. An offprint of this review, with De Meulenaere's name on the cover, is herewith added.
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Favard-Meeks, Christine. (Hartwig Altenmüller, Dietrich Wildung, Editors).
Le temple de Behbeit el-Hagara. Essai de reconstitution et d'interprétation. (Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Beihefte 6).
Quarto. Pp. xv, 523. Plus 36 plates bound at end. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth. Spine faded else in fine condition. ~ First edition. Studien zum Altägyptischen Kultur Beihefte, 6. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011) with his notes on slips of paper, loosely inserted. A long 2-page scholarly letter in French from Paolo Gallo to De Meulenaere, in which matters related to the book are discussed, is added. Unique scholar's copy.
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Wiedemann, A. (Karl Alfred).
Ägyptische Geschichte. 1. Teil. Von den ältesten Zeiten bis zum Tode Tutmes' III. [AND:] 2. Teil. Von dem Tode Tutmes' III. bis auf Alexander den Grossen. (Handbücher der alten Geschichte, I-II). [AND:] Supplement. [THREE VOLUMES].
Three volumes bound in one. Crown quarto. Pp. xii, 372; vii, 373-765; vi, 77. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt fleuron to each compartment, gilt lettering direct to the second, marbled endpapers, small signature to first blank. In fine condition. A handsome copy. ~ First edition. The complete work. Karl Alfred Wiedemann (1856-1936). From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
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Drioton, Étienne, Jacques Vandier.
L'Égypte. (Les peuples de l'Orient méditerranéen, II).
Octavo. Pp. xxxix, 676. Hardcover, bound in contemporary ochre full cloth, crimson morocco lettering-piece in gilt to spine. In fine condition. A handsome copy. ~ First edition. Les peuples de l'Orient méditerranéen, II. From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
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Hayes, William C.
A Papyrus of The Late Middle Kingdom in the Brooklyn Museum. [Papyrus Brooklyn 35.1446]. Edited with Translation and Commentary. (Wilbour Monographs, V).
Quarto. Pp. 165. With an appendix of plates bound at end. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on crimson labels. As-New. ~ Reprint of the 1955 edition. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011) with a complimentary card of the Department of Ancient Art, Brooklyn Museum. A typed concordance, probably compiled by De Meulenaere, is loosely inserted.
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Goyon, Jean-Claude.
Confirmation du pouvoir royal au Nouvel An. [Brooklyn Museum Papyrus 47.218.50]. (Bibliothèque d'Études, LII; Wilbour Monographs, VII). I. Text; II. Plates. [TWO VOLUMES WITH THE ORIGINAL EXTENDED CORRIGENDA].
Two volumes. I. Text: Quarto. Pp. (ii), 142. Plus 9 plates. Text figures and full-page tables. Original decorated wrappers, spine ends bit cdreased. In a very good condition, fine interior. [AND:] II. Plates. Folio. (ii), plus 30 plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering on green labels. In fine condition, crisp interior. ~ First edition. Rare complete work. The Text volume appeared in 1972 as volume LII of the Bibliothèque d'Études. It provides the text volume of a joint Cairo-Brooklyn undertaking and is scarce since years. The Brooklyn Museum published the Plate volume two years later as volume VII in the Wilbour Monographs. [ADDED:] The rare original extended Corrigenda list to the Text Volume, listing 23 corrections and revisions to the "Commentaire et Notes à la Traduction" section. It was issued separately two years after the publication of the book and is of considerable importance to the correct reading of the text though practically no longer available. [ALSO ADDED:] In 1982, Dieter Kurth published an extended review of Goyon's book with an long list of faults and omissions in the Plates Volume as well as an extended list of comments on entries in the Text Volume. The original offprint of this important review is herewith added. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
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Meeks, Dimitri.
Mythes et légendes du Delta d'après le papyrus Brooklyn 47.218.84.
Royal quarto. Pp. 498. Original illustrated stiff wrappers. As new. ~ First edition. A reprint of this work appeared in 2008. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011). Enclosed is an interesting letter which he wrote to Meeks in 2007 on stationery of the Association Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth.
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Weill, Raymond.
Recherches sur la Ire dynastie et les temps prépharaoniques, I-II. [première; 1ère; 1re]. (Bibliothèque d'étude, Tome XXXVIII). [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. (2), 361; 359. With text figures. Original printed wrappers worn, spines damaged. Interiors are in a very good and clean condition with old signature to first blank of one volume. Fine working or binding copy. ~ First edition. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Bibliothèque d'étude, Tome XXXVIII. Raymod Weill (1874-1950). [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
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Capart, Jean; Marcelle Werbrouck.
Memphis a l'ombre des pyramides. [AND:] Thèbes. La gloire d'un grand passé. (Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth). [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Thick royal quarto. Pp. 415. With 391 photographic illustrations throughout, many of which are full-page. Frontispiece. Title-page, chapter heads, initials, and tail-pieces printed in red; half-title present. Printed on fine paper, bound in the original stiff wrappers with flaps; cover trifle finger-soiled. In fine condition. ~ First edition. [TO THIS IS ADDED A COMPLIMENTARY BOOK:] Jean Capart & Marcelle Werbrouck: "Thèbes. La gloire d'un grand passé." (Bruxelles, Vromant, 1925). Royal quarto. Pp. 362. Frontispiece. With 257 illustrations many of which are full-page plates. Hardcover, bound in three-quarters calf and marbled boards with the original printed wrappers bound-in. Bookblock is loosening inside binding else a fine working or binding copy with clean, fresh interior. [NOTE: A heavy set, over 5 kg].
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Quibell, J. E. (James Edward).
Tomb of Yuaa and Thuiu. (Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos. 51001-51191).
Royal quarto. Pp. vii, 80. Plus 59 (of 60) fine collotype plates. Hardcover, bound in contemporary plain half cloth and boards, spine worn and frayed, bookblock shows separation in some gutters; first page browned, two old signatures to first free endpaper, one of which is erased. A very good study copy, the wonderful plates in a very good condition. ~ First edition. This tome was bound without the outermost leaves i.e. title-page, frontispiece, last plate. These are provided in fine digital scans as replacement. James Edward Quibell (1867-1935). One of his major and rarest works. Beinlich-Seeber 16299.
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Wit, Constant de.
Les inscriptions du temple d'Opet a Karnak. I. Texte; II. Index, croquis de position et planches; III. Traduction intégrale des textes rituels - Essai d'interprétation. (Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, XI-XIII). [THREE VOLUMES].
Three volumes bound in two. Quarto. xvi, 328; (vi), 28, plus 38 plates; xxi, 196. Hardcover, uniformly bound in handsome blue full cloth, gilt black morocco lettering-piece to spine, with the original printed wrappers bound-in. In mint, practically new condition. A splendid set. ~ First edition. Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, XI-XIII. Complete set which includes the 3rd and final volume. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
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Ibrahim, Mohiy E. A.
The Chapel of the Throne of Re of Edfu. (Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, XVI).
Quarto. Pp. 71. Plus a suite of 21 double-page hieroglyphic plates. Plus 13 photographic plates bound at end. Figure. Hardcover, bound in handsome blue full cloth, gilt black morocco lettering-piece to spine, with the original printed wrappers bound-in. In mint, practically new condition. A splendid copy. ~ First edition. Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, XVI. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
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Clère, J. J.; J. Vandier.
Textes de la Première Période Intermédiaire et de la XIème Dynastie. (Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, X).
Quarto. Pp. 48. Original printed stiff wrappers, edges bit faded. In a very good condition, crisp interior. ~ Reprint of the 1948 edition. Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, X.
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Koch, Roland.
Die Erzählung des Sinuhe. (Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, XVII).
Quarto. Pp. vi, 81 (i.e. 162). Original stiff wrappers bit finger-soiled. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, XVII.
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Jacquet-Gordon, Helen.
Les Noms des Domaines Funéraires sous l'Ancien Empire Égyptien. (Bibliothèque d'étude, XXXIV).
Quarto. Pp. xiv, 505. Frontispiece. Plus 3 plates and a folding chart. Ca. 200 figures to text. Hardcover, bound in handsome burgundy full cloth, gilt mahogany lettering-piece to spine, gilt lettering direct at foot. In mint condition. A splendid copy. ~ First edition. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Bibliothèque d'étude, XXXIV. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
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Bernand, André et Étienne.
Les inscriptions grecques et latines du colosse de Memnon. (Bibliothèque d'étude, XXXI).
Quarto. Pp. xii, 267. Plus frontispiece and 73 other plates with multiple images to each, all printed in very fine collotype. Includes 4 maps and plans. Hardcover, bound in handsome burgundy full cloth, gilt mahogany lettering-piece to spine, gilt lettering direct at foot. In mint condition. A splendid copy, practically new. ~ First edition. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Bibliothèque d'étude, XXXI. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011). A charming dedication letter, signed by both authors, addressed to De Meulenaere and dated Paris, 1961, is enclosed.
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Leclant, Jean.
Montouemhat, quatrième [4e] prophète d'Amon "prince de la Ville". (Bibliothèque d'étude, XXXV).
Quarto. Pp. 309. Plus an extended suite of 70 plates bound at end. Full-page of figures and a folding plan to the text. Hardcover, bound in handsome burgundy full cloth, gilt mahogany lettering-piece to spine, gilt lettering direct at foot. In fine condition. Excellent, attractive copy. ~ First edition. Bibliothèque d'étude, XXXV. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011). Some marginal pencil annotations in his neat hand and more extensive annotations in slips of paper loosely inserted. [ADDED:] In 1962, De Meulenaere published in "Orientalia" a long review of Leclant's book. The original fascicle which contained the review is herewith enclosed. A long and interesting letter from Leclant, following this review, signed and dated December 1962, is herewith enclosed. [ALSO ADDED:] In 1962, Wolfgang Helck published in "Orientalistische Literaturzeitung" his review of Leclant's book. An offprint of this review is herewith enclosed. Another letter from Leclant, addressed "Bien cher ami", signed and dated September 1961, is also added. A unique scholar's copy.
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Breasted, James Henry; G. A. (George Andrew) Reisner; Paul Bovier-Lapierre.
The Edwin Smith Papyrus: An Egyptian Medical Treatise of the Seventeenth Century before Christ. ["Mostly written in bed with influenza."]. [BOUND WITH:] Discovery of the Tombs of the Egyptian XXVth Dynasty at el-Kurruw in Dongola Province. [AND WITH:] Les gisements paléolithiques de la plaine de l'Abbassieh. [THREE WORKS].
Crown quarto. Pp. 31. Plus frontispiece. With 9 illustrations and figures. Hardcover, bound in three-quarters cloth and marbled boards, bit soiled, gilt spine, small chafed patch. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Breasted's work appeared in The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin. [PRESENTATION COPY:] Breasted's amusing inscription "Mostly written in bed with influenza" is penned on the bound-in cover and signed by him. The name of the dedicate is slightly shaved and can't be easilly deciphered. [BOUND WITH:] George Andrew Reisner: "Discovery of the Tombs of the Egyptian XXVth Dynasty at el-Kurruw in Dongola Province." (Cairo, 1919). Extract from "Sudan Notes and Records". PP. 237-254. Plus 4 plate and one folding plan. [AND WITH:] Paul Bovier-Lapierre: "Les gisements paléolithiques de la plaine de l'Abbassieh." Extrait du Bulletin d'lnstitut d'Égypte, 1926. Pp. 257-275. With 9 figures.
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Gamer-Wallert, Ingrid, Wolfgang Helck (Editors). (Emma Brunner-Traut, Jan Assman, Elmar Edel, J. Gwyn Griffiths, e.a.).
Gegengabe. Festschrift für Emma Brunner-Traut. [J. Gwyn Griffiths' Copy].
Royal octavo. Pp. 377. Frontispiece portrait. With plates, maps and text figures. Original stiff wrappers, corner creased. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. With contributions by Wolfgang Helck, Wolfgang Decker, Jan Assman, Elmar Edel, J. Gwyn Griffiths, and others. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist J. Gwyn Griffiths with a very long and charming letter from Brunner-Traut in response to his contribution to her Festschrift, dated March 1992, and signed by her. She opens with "Lieber Gwyn, Wie soll ich mich nur bedanken für solche Freude?!" and concludes with "Noch herzlich, herzlich Dank und Grüße, bitte auch an Käthe von uns beiden." Unique provenance.
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Lythgoe, Albert M.; Caroline L. Ransom. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
The Tomb of Perneb. I. The History of the Tomb and the Principal Features of Its Construction; II. A Study of the Decorative and Inscriptional Features of the Tomb. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Two parts in one volume. Royal octavo. Pp. 45; 49-79. Includes plates, figures, maps and illustrations. Hardcover, bound in cloth and boards, manuscript title on cover with hand-drawn illustration based on the original cover. Some places strengthened at gutter margin, else in a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the library of Egyptologist H. van Dam with his charming Egyptological bookplate inside cover.
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Wolf, Walther.
Die Bewaffnung des altägyptischen Heeres.
Octavo. Pp. vi, 108. Plus 22 plates with numerous illustrations to each. With 71 text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's illustrated full cloth with good dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition. ~ Facsimile reprint. First published in 1926. [Provenance:] From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate and many of his pencil annotations. Unique scholar's copy.
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Boylan, Patrick.
Thoth, the Hermes of Egypt: A Study of Some Aspects of Theological Thought in Ancient Egypt. (Oxford University Press).
Octavo. Pp. vii, 215. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's black full cloth with dust-jacket. In fine condition. ~ Facsimile edition, exact reprint of the edition London, 1922. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature to first free endpaper.
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Badawi, Ahmad Mohamad.
Der Gott Chnum. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde genehmigt von der Philosophischen Fakultät der Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin.
Royal octavo. Pp. 61, (2). Original stiff wrappers, bit discoloured, corner creased, back trifle rubbed. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Badawi's (1905-1980) original doctoral dissertation, defended on January 29, 1936. The doctoral advisors were Prof. Grapow and Prof. Weber. Grapow replaced Prof. Sethe who died shortly before. Badawi received his degree in 1937 and a second doctoral in 1938. He later taught for many years in Egypt and from 1940 undertook excavations at Saqqara and Memphis. Beinlich-Seeber 2081.
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Graefe, Erhart.
Studien zu den Göttern und Kulten im 12. und 10. oberägyptischen Gau (insbesondere in der Spät- und Griechisch-römischen Zeit).
Quarto. Pp. 64. Plates. Original printed stiff wrappers; signature at bottom of title-page. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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Stricker, B. H. (Bruno Hugo).
De grote zeeslang. (Mededelingen en verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux").
Quarto. Pp. 27, (1). With a Summary in English. With figures and illustrations. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Mededelingen en verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux", 10. From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
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Schmitz, Bettina.
Die Geschichte eines ägyptischen Prinzen: Hem-iunu in Giza und Hildesheim.
Octavo. Pp. xiii, 64. Illustrations. Original illustrated stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
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Leclant, Jean.
Fouilles et travaux en Égypte et au Soudan, 1963-1964. [AND:] 1964-1965. [AND:] 1965-1966. [AND:] 1966-1967. (Orientalia). [FOUR VOLUMES].
Four volumes bound in one. Crown quarto. Pp. 175-232; 127-178; 181-227; 94-140. Plus an extended suite of plates with numerous illustrations bound at the end of each volume. Hardcover, bound in fine black full cloth with crimson morocco lettering-piece in gilt to spine, original printed wrappers bound-in. In mint condition. A splendid copy. ~ First edition. Originally published in "Orientalia" 1965-1968. Jean Leclant (1920-2011).
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Leclant, Jean.
Fouilles et travaux en Égypte et au Soudan, 1967-1968. [AND:] 1968-1969. [AND:] 1969-1970. [AND:] 1970-1971. (Orientalia). [FOUR VOLUMES].
Four volumes bound in one. Crown quarto. Pp. 240-307; 320-374; 224-266; 249-291. Plus an extended suite of plates with numerous illustrations bound at the end of each volume. Hardcover, bound in fine black full cloth with crimson morocco lettering-piece in gilt to spine, original printed wrappers bound-in. In mint condition. A splendid copy. ~ First edition. Originally published in "Orientalia" 1969-1972. Jean Leclant (1920-2011).
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Sijpesteijn, P. J.
Een geschenk van de Nijl.
Octavo. Pp. 36. Original printed wrappers, small signature on title-page. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
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