Egypte

Five volumes. Quarto. Pp. viii, 409; 420; 443; 376; 517. The first four volumes are in the original publisher's installments, 16 in total, bound in stiff wrappers which are bit frayed in places. The fifth volume is hardcover, bound in the original publisher's blue full cloth, crimson morocco lettering-piece to spine, gilt cover. In a very good to fine condition. ~ First edition, entirely in the original state. Published posthumously. The first four volumes, Spruch 213-506, were published a year after Sethe's death. Sethe's original manuscript was transferred to print by an old, now defunct method called "Manuldruck", also known as "Reflex Copying Process". The four volumes were printed by the inventor of this method, the printers' firm Max Ullman of Zwicaku. In 1962 appeared by Augustin Volume V, Spruch 507-582, which is presented here also in the first edition, to be distinguished from the second edition of the entire work which also appeared that year. In that year appeared also the index volume which is not included here. Provenance: From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside each cover and occasionally with his neat pencil annotations. Kurt Heinrich Sethe (1869-1934). Beinlich-Seeber 18525 (vols. I-IV).