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Introducing Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
by Watterson, Barbara
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0707302676
- ISBN 13
- 9780707302676
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1987. Reprint ed.. Hardback large wide octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, minor edgewear jacket (reverse side lightly toned & faintly foxed), bookseller label, owner's written name. 152 pp. Barbara Watterson attempts to explain to the layperson the development and use of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. The book is an introduction to the study of this fascinating subject. Some of the chapters include: Outline of Egyptian chronology, Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1797, how writing began, grammar and exercises, and hints on reading hieroglyphs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28783
- Title
- Introducing Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
- Author
- Watterson, Barbara
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0707302676
- ISBN 13
- 9780707302676
- Publisher
- Scottish Academic Press
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- ancient history, communication, language, hieroglyphs, middle east, egypt
- Bookseller catalogs
- ANCIENT HISTORY;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...