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NEW YORK: JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY, 1888 VERY NICE LOOKING BROWN COVER, OXFORD EDITION PRINTED FRONT WITH LION DESIGN AND SPINE, GOLD BRIDE OF NILE ON SPINE, BLACK INK IN DESIGN, WORN ON FRONT AND SPINE, INSIDE PAGES LIGHTLY BROWNED WITH AGE, TITLE PAGE IS LOOSE- IN GOOD SHAPE. Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 ¿ Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca. 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers Papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873¿74. Now in the Library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers Papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere¿the other being the Edwin Smith Papyrus (ca. 1600 BCE). GREAT HISTORICAL NOVEL. COLLECTORS ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

New York: George Munro's Sons, Publishers, 1900 Book. Fair. Paperback. A very rare paperback volume from 1900. Significant wear, including dampstaining, soils, age toning, scuffs, edge chips, etc. A reading copy only..