Select Papyri in the Hieratic Character from the Collections of the British Museum (volume I). Part 1: Sallier Papyri No. 1, 2 & 3. Part 2: Anastasi Papyri No. 1, 2, 3, 4. Part 3: Anastasi Papyri No. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and Sallier No. 4. Volume II: Papyrus Abbott and d'Orbiney (complete set)
Item #M6986
Extremely rare. Nicol, London, 1841-1844. First edition. Folio. Volume I: Part I (1841): Title page, 1 page of notice, 34 plates (numbered I-XXXIV) + reproductions of the verso on the verso of 3 plates, not numbered. Modern half-leather, a fine copy. Part II (1842): Title page, 1 page of notice, 64 plates (numbered XXXV-XCVIII). Loose as issued, slightly chipped, but otherwise very good. Frontcover is present, rest is missing and has been repaired. Part III (1844): 12 pages of Prefatory Remarks, 70 plates (numbered XCIX-CLXVIII). Plate CXII is wrongly numbered CXIII (and duly followed by plate CXIII). Volume II: plates CLXIX to CLXXXVII. Language: English. Relevant subjects: Egypt: New Kingdom, Language, Texts & Writing.
Language: English.
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