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Hieroglyphica, Seu de Sacris Aegyptiorum, Aliarumque Gentium Literis Commentarii
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Hieroglyphica, Seu de Sacris Aegyptiorum, Aliarumque Gentium Literis Commentarii

by Valeriano Piero Giovanni

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Lyon: Paul Frelon, 1602. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Respined in modern calf with the original boards preserved, endpapers added, paper repairs to the edges of the title page. 1602 edition of the first Renaissance dictionary of symbols written under the influence of the rediscovered Hieroglyphica of Horapolla, itself a work of scattered and questionable scholarship. (14), 644, (44), 47, (2), blank. Lacking front blank, otherwise complete with engraved woodcuts of symbols, scenes, mythological beasts, gods, and geometric shapes, throughout. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Language & Linguistics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042357.
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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt.
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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt.

by Wilson, Charles William, Sir.

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New York: D. Appleton , 1881. First American edition. 34 cm; 2 volumes. Maps. Steel engraved plates. Intact, preserved in sewn cloth covers. Extra shipping charges will apply.
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D. Johannis Marshami, Angli, Equitis Aurati, Canon chronicus Aegyptiacus, Ebraicus, Graecus, et...
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D. Johannis Marshami, Angli, Equitis Aurati, Canon chronicus Aegyptiacus, Ebraicus, Graecus, et disquisitiones: liber non chronologicae tantum, sed & historicae antiquitatis reconditissima complexus.

by MARSHAM, John

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1696 Marsham Chronicus Canon Jewish & Egyptian RITES Hebrew Greek Latin

John Marsham was a 17th-century English historian known for his expertise and study on chronology – from Old Testament history to Egypt and British. His most detailed and elaborate work was 'Chronicus Canon'; a work which distinguished Hebrew, Greek, and Egyptian histories and how they pertained to the Old Testament. According to the NGBD, Marsham, in this work,
"was the first person who proposed to the learned world the hypothesis of four collateral dynasties of Egyptian kings, reigning at the same time over different districts of that country; in order to reduce the extravagant chronology of the Egyptian records to a conformity with that of the Hebrew Scriptures. He also supposes that the Jews derived several of their rites from the Egyptians"
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MARSHAM, John
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D. Johannis Marshami... Canon chronicus aegyptiacus, ebraicus, graecus, & disquisitiones. Liber...
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D. Johannis Marshami... Canon chronicus aegyptiacus, ebraicus, graecus, & disquisitiones. Liber non chronologicae tantum, sed & historicae antiquitatis reconditissima complexus

by MARSHAM, John

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1676 John Marsham Chronology of Ancient EGYPT GREEK Hebrew Jews Bible Egyptians

John Marsham was a 17th-century English chronologist who is best known for his studies on Egyptian history. He was the first English historian who made antiquities of Egypt comprehensible to British readers. Much of his research was included in his book 'Chronicus Canon Aegyptus' in which he also examined the chronology of the Old Testament, Hebrew history, and Ancient Greece.
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MARSHAM, John
D. Johannis Marshami... Canon chronicus aegyptiacus, ebraicus, graecus, & disquisitiones. Liber non chronologicae tantum, sed & historicae antiquitatis reconditissima complexus
Lipsiae, apud Matthaeum Bircknerum. Literis Johannis Coleri, MDCLXXVI. [1676].

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Altägyptische Grammatik, I-II. (Analecta Orientalia, 34/39). [AND:] Register der Zitate....
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Altägyptische Grammatik, I-II. (Analecta Orientalia, 34/39). [AND:] Register der Zitate. [Three Volumes].

by Edel, Elmar

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Roma: Pontifcium Institutm Biblicus, 1964. Analecta Orientalia Commentationes Scientificae de Rebus Orientis Antiqui 34/39, 1955/ 1964/1967 ( 3 volumes bound as one). Bound in handsome blue buckram gilt lettering at spine, the signature of noted Egyptologist E. Cruz. Uribe front paste down. Near Fine, faint bottom corner creases near back of book, binder's instruction slip laid in from Director's Library, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. lxxxiii, 625 pp., Paradigmen 15 pp., Register der Zitate, (1967) ix, 55 pp. Text in German. Uncommon in lovely and durable binding. A heavy book, priority and international mail will require added shipping charges - please inquire before ordering. . First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine. Thick 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.
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The Gentleman’s Magazine: and historical Chronicle volume XXXI
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The Gentleman’s Magazine: and historical Chronicle volume XXXI

by URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

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1761 1ed Egyptian Mummies St Malo Raid Atlas MAPS Beer Brewing Ceylon Sri Lanka
The Gentleman's Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interrupt for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term 'magazine'. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.
This volume from the 1761 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:
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Account of the British naval raid on St. Malo, 1758
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Description of Ceylon in the mid-18th-century
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Details and description on Egyptian mummification and embalming
o Egyptian gods – Harpocrates, Isis, Osiris
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Sugar trade in the Americas
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Processes of brewing beer (with a full-page engraving of the setup)
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URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
The Gentleman's Magazine: and historical Chronicle volume XXXI
London: printed for D. Henry, 1761. 1st edition

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Zoology of Egypt, volume 2: Mammalia.
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Zoology of Egypt, volume 2: Mammalia.

by Anderson, John; and W.E. de Winton.

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London: Hugh Rees, 1902. First edition. Very Good. 34 cm; xvii, 374 pages, photogravure portrait frontispiece, map, and 63 plates (55 of them colored) by P.J. Smit, 3 photogravure reproductions of radiographs, and 7 photogravure illustrations in text. In original green cloth, worn along joints and edges, with 3cm peel along joint near head, yet sound and entire, with some reinforcement. Text and illustrations in excellent shape, free of foxing or other blemishes. Top edge gilt. Old bookplates removed from front endleaves. Old booksellers' notes in pencil on front pastedown. References: Wood, p. 192; Nissen ZBI 110. Most probably only 100 copies were issued of this very rare and important contribution to the mammals of Egypt. Excellent color plates of monkeys, gazelles, and smaller vertebrates.
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L' Egypte sous les Pharaons, ou recherches sur la géographie, la religion, la langue, les...
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L' Egypte sous les Pharaons, ou recherches sur la géographie, la religion, la langue, les écritures et l'histoire de l'Egypte avant l'invasion de Cambyse

by Champollion, Jean-François

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Paris: De Bure, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This rare two-volume set is the first major publication by the father of Egyptology, Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832). Champollion is the man who made the breakthrough discovery which enabled translation of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. There were 30 copies published in 1811, but this edition is the major publication of this work. Printed on laid paper, and bound in full calf. The title's English translation is "Egypt under the Pharaohs, or research on the geography, religion, language, scriptures and history of Egypt before the invasion of Cambyses". These volumes deal with Egyptian geographical divisions, geographical descriptions, boundaries and divisions. Publisher: De Bure brothers (Paris) Type: printed monograph Language: French CONDITION: Very good. No missing pages, no bookplates, no writing anywhere. There is foxing throughout both volumes. There are two dampstains, one closed tear, and several open tears.… Read More
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Relation universelle de l'Afrique, ancienne et modern
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Relation universelle de l'Afrique, ancienne et modern

by LA CROIX, Pherotee de

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1688 AFRICA 1ed History EGYPT Mummies Pyramids Illustrated Tunisia MAPS LaCroix

Pherotee La Croix's "Universal Relation of Africa" is a famous 17th-century history of Africa. La Croix was a professor of geography in Lyon whose work on Africa became a lasting authority of African geography and history. However, much of La Croix's "Afrique" was heavily inspired by Dutch author Olfert Dapper's "Description of Africa".
Even still, La Croix's work is notable for the exquisite full-page and folding engravings as well as descriptions of some of the greatest mysteries of Africa including a section on Egyptian pyramids, the Sphinx, and mummies! Other topics include voyages to the Barbary coast, Tunisia, Algiers, and Morocco.
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LA CROIX, Pherotee de
Relation universelle de l'Afrique, ancienne et modern
A Lyon, chez Thomas Amaulry, 1688. First edition.

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o Vol. I – [18], 12, 536, [16]
o Vol. II – [2], 576, [20]
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APHORISMI HIEROGLYPHICI editi per Henricum Schvalenberg. Segunda editio ab autore recognita &...
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APHORISMI HIEROGLYPHICI editi per Henricum Schvalenberg. Segunda editio ab autore recognita & locupletata.

by Henricum Schvalenberg ( Schwalenberg, Heinrich 1556-1618)

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[Leipzig?]: Impensis Voegelianis, 1606. 5 1/2" X 3 3/8". 357, (45 Index) pages. "editi Per Henricum Schvalenberg, Opt. Art. Magistrum Et Professorem publicum in Academia Lipsiensi". "[An epitome of the "Hieroglyphica" of G.P. Valeriano Bolzani, and of C.A. Curio's supplement thereto.]." (WorldCat) Contemporary dark leather with three raised bands at spine. Very Good, first two blank front end neatly excised, 1 1/4" tear to leather at base of spine with chip to leather, 1/4" loss of leather at head of spine, corners and edges rubbed, toning at end papers. faint numbers in pencil rear paste down. Interior clean and free of markings, text in Latin and is complete. Uncommon in current commerce. . Second Edition. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
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Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride
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Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride

by Plutarch; Edited with an Introduction Translation and Commentary by L. Gwyn Griffiths

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(Cardiff): University of Wales Press, 1970. One of Griffiths two most important works. "This is the first modern commentary on Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride to be accompanied by a new recension of the greek text, and also the first to be undertaken by a classical scholar who is at the same time an Egyptologist." (front flap). Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, tiny tear at top edge of spine, faint staicker shadow rear panel. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Egypt: descriptive, historical and picturesque
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Egypt: descriptive, historical and picturesque

by EBERS, Georg Moritz

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1887 HUGE 1st ed EGYPT Illustrated ENORMOUS Egyptian ART Egyptology 2v Ebers

George Ebers was a 19th-century German historian known almost exclusively for his accounts of Egypt and Egyptian history. His book, simply known as 'Egypt', helped popularize Egyptian lore throughout Europe and America. This work is beautifully illustrated with impressive, full-page engravings of Egyptian royalty, architecture, cities, and Arab culture.

This rare, first English edition was translated out of the original German by Clara Bell with an introduction and notes by S. Birch, the keeper of the Department of Oriental Antiquities in the British Museum.

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EBERS, Georg Moritz

Egypt: descriptive, historical and picturesque

London: Cassell & Co., [1887]. First edition

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o Vol. I – [2], xxiv, 327, [1]
o Vol. II – xxii, 388
o Heavily illustrated throughout
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EGYPT, NUBIA, and ETHIOPIA.  Illustrated by One Hundred Stereoscopic Photographs, Taken by...
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EGYPT, NUBIA, and ETHIOPIA. Illustrated by One Hundred Stereoscopic Photographs, Taken by Francis Frith for Messrs. Negretti and Zambra.

by FRITH, Francis.:

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London, Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, M.DCCCLXII (1862).. FIRST EDITION 1862, with Numerous Wood-Engravings by Joseph Bonomi and Notes by Samuel Sharpe. Small 4to, aproximately 235 x 180 mm, 9 x 7 inches, illustrated with 100 albumen stereoscopic mounted photographic views, on original mounts with printed captions, small woodcut illustrations in the text, photo No. XLV1 used as frontispiece, pages: xii, 1-238, bound in publisher's gilt decorated cloth with bevelled edges, gilt decoration to spine and both covers, all edges gilt, original yellow endpapers, the binding is Gutta-Percha (glued not sewn) and the gatherings can part with use. Cloth faded and rubbed with some loss to gilt (see attached images), slight wear to head and tail of spine, small crack to bottom of upper hinge neatly repaired, slight edge wear, front inner paper hinge strengthened, some minor chipping to outer edges of 3 pages and 2 mounts with photos, mostly to lower corners nowhere near images or text, pale foxing in varying… Read More
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Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Egyptiens, ou recherches sur les éléments...
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Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Egyptiens, ou recherches sur les éléments premiers de cette écriture sacrée, sur leurs diverses combinaisons, et sur les rapports de ce système avec les autres méthodes graphiques égyptiennes.

by Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832)

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Two parts in one volume. xvi+408+[2 table] pages with 16 full-page lithograph plates (four folding); [2]+45 pages with 21 numbered full-page plates and 11 full-page plates lettered A-K. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Head edge in gilt. First edition.
Jean-François Champollion, French historian and linguist who founded scientific Egyptology and played a major role in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
At age 16 Champollion had already mastered six ancient Oriental languages, in addition to Latin and Greek, and delivered a paper before the academy of Grenoble, France, in which he asserted, incorrectly, that Coptic was the ancient language of Egypt. At 19, following studies in Paris, he became professor of history at the lycée of Grenoble (1809–16).
Deciphering hieroglyphs became his constant preoccupation. Following the modest success of the English physicist Thomas Young in attempting to decipher… Read More
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The Instruction of Ptah-hotep and the Instruction of Ke'gemni:
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The Instruction of Ptah-hotep and the Instruction of Ke'gemni: The Oldest Books in the World!

by Battiscombe G. Gunn (Translator)

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Translated from the Egyptian with an introduction and appendix by Battiscombe G. Gunn. 75, [1] + [4] ad pp. 16.5x11.8 cm (6½x4¾"), cloth. First edition, 1906. Very scarce.
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Very rare printing of ancient Egyptian wisdom text, which many scholars deem to be the "oldest books in the world." The Maxims of Ptahhotep. Ptahhotep was the city administrator and vizier (first minister) during the reign of Djedkare Isesi in the 5th Dynasty (late 25th century BC and early 24th century BC). He is credited with authoring The Instruction of Ptahhotep, an early piece of Egyptian "wisdom literature" meant to instruct young men in appropriate behavior. Ptahhotep's grandson, Ptahhotep Tshefi, is traditionally credited with being the author of the collection of wise sayings known as The Maxims of Ptahhotep, whose opening lines attribute authorship to the vizier Ptahhotep: Instruction of the Mayor of the city, the Vizier Ptahhotep, under the Majesty of King lsesi. They take the form of advice and… Read More
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