1961Quarto. 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.
Elephant folio (54x38 cm). Title-page on a single-sheet leaf (verso blank). Plus 15 colour lithograph plates with separating tissue-guards. Original printed wrappers, separated. In fine internal condition. ~ First edition. Dawn and lithographed from the stone by T. Hooiberg. Conradus Leemans (1809-1893) was the first Egyptologist to publish a systematic catalogue of all the contents of one of the major European Egyptological collections. He began the great official gouvernment publication of the monuments and papyri in the Leiden collection in 1839, which appeared in parts from then until 1882. Several gelatin silver photographs of a sections of the actual Papyrus are included. Beinlich-Seeber 11573.
1894Elephant folio (55x38 cm). Pp. (2) title-page (verso blank), 15 (verso blank) text printed in letterpress, and 10 single-sheet coloured lithograph plates. Placed in the original hardcover portfolio, illustrated boards, cloth spine. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Drawn, and lithographed from the stone by J. Bijtel. Willem Pleyte (1836-1903), conservator of the Egyptian collections at Leiden, later director of the Museum. Conradus Leemans (1809-1893) was the first Egyptologist to publish a systematic catalogue of all the contents of one of the major European Egyptological collections. He began the great official gouvernment publication of the monuments and papyri in the Leiden collection in 1839, which appeared in parts from then until 1882. A gelatin silver photograph of a section of the actual Papyrus is included. It comes from the collection of Egyptologist Prof. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his ink stamp on verso. Some other professionally made reproductions of sections of the actual Papyrus are also loosely inserted. Beinlich-Seeber 16020.
1908Royal 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.
1946Crown quarto. Pp. 292. Plus 75 hieroglyphic plates bound at end. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. [Provenance:] From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts (1939-2018) with his ownership signature in pencil as well as with some annotations, few in pen, allowing a rare insight into the thought process of this great scholar.
1990Royal quarto 32x24 cm. Pp. 354. With a catalogue of plates of over 250 items with each item photographed from several positions. With 19 numbered text figures and 35 unnumbered small illustrations. Original Corrigendum slip loosely inserted. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with dust-jacket which is edge frayed and bit finger soiled. Book is in fine condition save a minor crease in lower corner of pages. ~ First edition. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011).
1917Quarto. Pp. 110. Plus 29 plates, 28 of which are collotype plates printed on 15 sheets, and one is a tipped-in colour plate, all loose as issued. Text volume bound in the original printed wrappers, bit worn and chipped at spine. Placed together in the original printed portfolio, bit rubbed and soiled in places, neat mending for a short tear along spine. In good condition. ~ First edition. Louis Speleers (1882-1966). Among his most important works. Beinlich-Seeber 18958.
1940rif. E2332Paris, Librairie Plon - Société de l'Histoire Naturelle, 1940 ; in-folio, environ 3500 pp., brochés. Les 7 volumes. Avec la collaboration de Charles de la Roncière, Alexandre Moret, Charles Diehl, Gaston Wiet, Henri Dehérain, Charles-Roux. Illustrations de Simon Bussy, Clairin, C lère, Braemer, Baudier, Germaine Bernard, Fouqueray, Ripart, Wanner. Très bon état.
1940Paris, Librairie Plon - Société de l'Histoire Naturelle, 1940; in-folio, environ 3500 pp., brochés. Les 7 volumes. Avec la collaboration de Charles de la Roncière, Alexandre Moret, Charles Diehl, Gaston Wiet, Henri Dehérain, Charles-Roux. Illustrations de Simon Bussy, Clairin, C lère, Braemer, Baudier, Germaine Bernard, Fouqueray, Ripart, Wanner. Très bon état.
1984rif. 61066München, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1984.
rif. 589363Le Caire, IFAO, 1927-1952 Quatre parties en un fort vol. in-4, rel. demi-basane noire à coins, dos à 5 nerfs, titre doré ; 131-79-93-66 pp., 75-32-61-31 fig., VII-III-IX-XII pl. dont reprod. photogr., croquis, plans...
rif. 591995Le Caire, IFAO, 1959. Fort in-folio, rel. de l'ép. demi-basane noire à coins, dos à nerfs, titre doré, XXXVI-301 pp., front., très nb. reprod. de fragments hiéroglyphiques in-t., 99 pl. de reprod. photogr., dessins, croquis en n/b. dont plusieurs dépliantes, index, addenda et corrigenda, tables des planches.
1854rif. 36502Paris Librairie nouvelle 1854 in-16 demi-chagrin cerise, dos à nerfs fleuronné, tranches mouchetées [Rel. de l'époque], rousseurs
1822rif. 582351 vol. in-8 cartonnage bradel bleu de l'époque, Chez Chassériau, Paris, 1822, 2 ff., xliv-438 pp. avec frontispice et 2 planches dépliantes ; Chez l'Auteur, et Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, Paris, 1822, 1 f. (faux-titre), 92 pp. Titres complets : Abrégé de l'Origine de tous les Cultes, Nouvelle édition ornée d'un portrait de l'auteur, et augmentée 1e : d'une notice sur sa vie et ses écrits ; 2e d'une clef de ses ouvrages sur l'origine de tous les cultes ; 3e : de sa dissertation sur le Zodiaque de Denderah, avec deux planches représentant les Zodiaques rectangulaire et circulaire trouvés dans le même temple égyptien [ Suivi de : ] Notice sur le Voyage de M. Lelorrain, en Egypte ; et Observations sur le Zodiaque circulaire de Denderah [ Edition originale ]
18221 vol. in-8 cartonnage bradel bleu de l'époque, Chez Chassériau, Paris, 1822, 2 ff., xliv-438 pp. avec frontispice et 2 planches dépliantes ; Chez l'Auteur, et Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, Paris, 1822, 1 f. (faux-titre), 92 pp. Titres complets : Abrégé de l'Origine de tous les Cultes, Nouvelle édition ornée d'un portrait de l'auteur, et augmentée 1e : d'une notice sur sa vie et ses écrits ; 2e d'une clef de ses ouvrages sur l'origine de tous les cultes ; 3e : de sa dissertation sur le Zodiaque de Denderah, avec deux planches représentant les Zodiaques rectangulaire et circulaire trouvés dans le même temple égyptien [ Suivi de : ] Notice sur le Voyage de M. Lelorrain, en Egypte ; et Observations sur le Zodiaque circulaire de Denderah [ Edition originale ] Agréable exemplaire de l'édition originale de la "Notice sur le Voyage de M. Lelorrain", établie par Saulnier d'après la correspondance et le journal du maître-maçon Lelorrain, lequel était venu découper sur place le fameux zodiaque pour le rapporter en France, suite à son achat par Louis XVIII au pacha d'Egypte Mehemet Ali. L'ouvrage est relié à la suite de l'Abrégé de Dupuis, qui se termine sur ses études du zodiaque de Denderah, et a le grand avantage de contenir 2 planches dépliantes représentant les Zodiaques rectangulaire et circulaire de Denderah. Bon état (cartonnage lég. frotté, la grande planches est très proprement débrochée, bon exemplaire par ailleurs). Français
1839rif. 24776Paris Berlandier 1839 2 volumes in-8 demi-basane prune à coins, dos à nerfs, couvertures imprimées et dos conservés [Rel. moderne], dos insolés
1894rif. 31832Alger Gervais-Courtellemont & Cie 1894 in-4 demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs, couverture et dos conservés [Rel. moderne]
1826rif. 44920Paris, Nepveu, 1826. 2 vol. in-12 brochés de (4)-XXVIII-174 pp. 5 planches gravées dont le frontispice replié ; (4)-192 pp., 4 planches gravées, couverture verte illustrée de l'éditeur.
1840rif. 33919Paris Ducollet 1840-1841 2 vol. in-8 demi-chagrin havane, dos à nerfs ornés de pointillés, filets et fleurons dorés, fers de lycée poussés au centre du plat supérieur du vol. I [Institution des Chartreux à Lyon], tranches mouchetées [Rel. de l'époque]
1758rif. 78491758 basane marbrée, dos plat. 13 tomes en 14 vol. in-12, Paris Estienne 1758,
1846rif. 26628London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1846. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a half folio sheet 17" x 15" the captioned image is 14" x 10" now presented in cream mounting boards 21" x 17" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. A very beautiful image of the the Island of Philae from the Nile at Sunset. In the foreground are reeds and a sailboat behind which can be seen in near silhouette the Temple of Isis on the island. Philae was accounted to be one of the burying-places of Osiris and was held in high reverence both by the Egyptians to the north and the Nubians to the south. It was deemed profane for any but priests to dwell there and was accordingly sequestered and denominated "the Unapproachable." This is a view now un-viewable to modern eyes. Due to decades of constant flooding of Philae after the construction of the Aswan Low Dam every building was dismantled into about 40000 units and then transported to higher ground on the nearby island of Agilkia. The project was completed in time for the 1970 construction of the the Aswan High Dam. We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available views of Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details. In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
1846rif. 26627London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1846. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a half folio sheet 17" x 13.5" the captioned image is 13.75" x 10" now presented in cream mounting boards 21" x 17" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. A very beautiful image of the Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae looking down the Nile. Philae was accounted to be one of the burying-places of Osiris and was held in high reverence both by the Egyptians to the north and the Nubians to the south. It was deemed profane for any but priests to dwell there and was accordingly sequestered and denominated "the Unapproachable." This is a view now un-viewable to modern eyes. Due to decades of constant flooding of Philae after the construction of the Aswan Low Dam every building was dismantled into about 40000 units and then transported to higher ground on the nearby island of Agilkia. The project was completed in time for the 1970 construction of the the Aswan High Dam. We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available views of Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details. In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
1966Quarto. Pp. xxi, (ii), 298. plus 80 leaves of photographic plates and 7 folding sheets of sketch plans. Original publisher's printed wrappers bit discoloured, spine panel bit creased; very small signature to title-page. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ First edition. Rare in the original printed wrappers. United Arab Republic, Ministry of Culture and National Guidance, Antiquities Department of Egypt. Submitted as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1957. For extensive citation of this work see also Maarten J. Raven: "Book of the Dead: Documents from the New Kingdom Necropolis at Saqqara." (British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan, 15).
2001rif. 44915Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Lower corners of Vol 3 a bit bumped. Dustjackets are protected in plastic sleeves.; 3 Volume Complete Set. Sandpiper reprint.; Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints; 1-3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 2136 pages; A documented study of the main aspects of Alexandrian life in the Ptolemaic period. An attempt to provide a documented account of selected but associated aspects both of the city as a social unit - its topography its civic organisation and constitutional history its commerce and its cults - and of its achievement in science learning and literature . 2001. 0198142781 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
1840rif. 10343Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1840. 2 volumes in-8 de [4]-360-[2]-6 (catalogue) et [8]-570-[2] pages, demi-chagrin noir, dos à 4 petits nerfs avec titre et tomaison dorés et encadrements à froid, tranches mouchetées. Reliure un peu frottée, rares rousseurs, tampon répété aux pages de titre et sur ff. vierges.
