Egypte

1941 — Royal quarto. Pp. viii, 126, (1). Plus 14 single-sheet plates printed in fine tinted collotype on thick paper, some folding, captioned and numbered in letterpress, all placed in rear pocket as issued. Illustrated title-page. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's paper-covered boards over cloth spine, illustrated cover repeating title-page's, paper on spine frayed and chipped, corner-tips chafed. In good condition, very good interior, fine plates. ~ First edition. Very rare. Istituto di Papirologia G. Vitelli della R. Università di Firenze. All published. [Provenance:] Renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts' (1939-2018) working copy, with his signature. Few pages are extensively annotated in pencil in his neat hand. There are also pencil annotation on one plate which is accompanied by loose leaf of paper with clear and accurate autographed copy of the Demotic text in the plate, line by line, with annotations and cross-references. Unique scholar's copy which allows a rare insight into the though process of this great scholar. Beinlich-Seeber 3576.