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Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos. 29501-29733 et 29751-29834: La Faune Momifiée de l'Antique Égypte
by Gaillard, Claude; Georges Daressy
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g+ to vg
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About This Item
Le Caire: Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Folio (13 1/2 x 10"). [4], ii, 159, [1]pp (Text), lxvi (66) leaves (Plates). Modern blue cloth library binding, with gold lettering to spine. Title page in red and black lettering.
Illustrated with no less than 66 illustrated and photographic plates reproduced in photogravure, this work is the first catalogue of Cairo's Museum of Egyptian Antiquities' extensive collection of animal mummies from ancient Egypt (birds, fishes, cats, dogs, etc..). It was written by Claude Gaillard, in conjunction with the museum's curator Georges Daressy.
Minor shelf wear. Ex-library copy with stickers at tail of spine and upper front joint, with bookplate on inside of front cover, pocket on inside of back cover, and stamps at top and lower paper edges. Minor age-toning throughout. Text in French. Binding in overall good+ to very good, interior in very good condition.
Illustrated with no less than 66 illustrated and photographic plates reproduced in photogravure, this work is the first catalogue of Cairo's Museum of Egyptian Antiquities' extensive collection of animal mummies from ancient Egypt (birds, fishes, cats, dogs, etc..). It was written by Claude Gaillard, in conjunction with the museum's curator Georges Daressy.
Minor shelf wear. Ex-library copy with stickers at tail of spine and upper front joint, with bookplate on inside of front cover, pocket on inside of back cover, and stamps at top and lower paper edges. Minor age-toning throughout. Text in French. Binding in overall good+ to very good, interior in very good condition.
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- Seller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 44476
- Title
- Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos. 29501-29733 et 29751-29834: La Faune Momifiée de l'Antique Égypte
- Author
- Gaillard, Claude; Georges Daressy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+ to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale
- Place of Publication
- Le Caire
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Egyptology, Necropolis, animal mummies
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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