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Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians,
A fine set of this classic work of Egyptology in a signed contemporary binding.
'Wilkinson, inspired by Gell, went to Egypt in 1821 where he spent twelve years of continuous hard work. He later returned to Egypt three times, in 1842, 1848-9, and 1855. He carried out excavations at Thebes and travelled as far south as the second cataract and into Nubia. He was able to arrive at results similar to Champollion, but he was not as interested in hieroglyphs as he was in the tomb paintings, which he studied intensively to discover what he could of everyday life in Egypt. A fascinating work' (Blackmer).
First edition; 3 vols, 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); 17 lithograph plates, of which 7 coloured, numerous in-text woodcuts and engravings, errata slips, touch of offsetting to titles; contemporary full purple morocco by J. F. Shaw, gilt boards, spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt, slight rubbing to upper board of vol 1, else fine; xxxii, [2], 406; xxxiv, 446; xxiv, 404 pp.
Blackmer 1803: Hilmy II, 331.
'Wilkinson, inspired by Gell, went to Egypt in 1821 where he spent twelve years of continuous hard work. He later returned to Egypt three times, in 1842, 1848-9, and 1855. He carried out excavations at Thebes and travelled as far south as the second cataract and into Nubia. He was able to arrive at results similar to Champollion, but he was not as interested in hieroglyphs as he was in the tomb paintings, which he studied intensively to discover what he could of everyday life in Egypt. A fascinating work' (Blackmer).
First edition; 3 vols, 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); 17 lithograph plates, of which 7 coloured, numerous in-text woodcuts and engravings, errata slips, touch of offsetting to titles; contemporary full purple morocco by J. F. Shaw, gilt boards, spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt, slight rubbing to upper board of vol 1, else fine; xxxii, [2], 406; xxxiv, 446; xxiv, 404 pp.
Blackmer 1803: Hilmy II, 331.
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A fine set of this classic work of Egyptology in a signed contemporary binding.
'Wilkinson, inspired by Gell, went to Egypt in 1821 where he spent twelve years of continuous hard work. He later returned to Egypt three times, in 1842, 1848-9, and 1855. He carried out excavations at Thebes and travelled as far south as the second cataract and into Nubia. He was able to arrive at results similar to Champollion, but he was not as interested in hieroglyphs as he was in the tomb paintings, which he studied intensively to discover what he could of everyday life in Egypt. A fascinating work' (Blackmer).
First edition; 3 vols, 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); 17 lithograph plates, of which 7 coloured, numerous in-text woodcuts and engravings, errata slips, touch of offsetting to titles; contemporary full purple morocco by J. F. Shaw, gilt boards, spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt, slight rubbing to upper board of vol 1, else fine; xxxii, [2], 406; xxxiv, 446; xxiv, 404 pp.
Blackmer 1803: Hilmy II, 331.
'Wilkinson, inspired by Gell, went to Egypt in 1821 where he spent twelve years of continuous hard work. He later returned to Egypt three times, in 1842, 1848-9, and 1855. He carried out excavations at Thebes and travelled as far south as the second cataract and into Nubia. He was able to arrive at results similar to Champollion, but he was not as interested in hieroglyphs as he was in the tomb paintings, which he studied intensively to discover what he could of everyday life in Egypt. A fascinating work' (Blackmer).
First edition; 3 vols, 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); 17 lithograph plates, of which 7 coloured, numerous in-text woodcuts and engravings, errata slips, touch of offsetting to titles; contemporary full purple morocco by J. F. Shaw, gilt boards, spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt, slight rubbing to upper board of vol 1, else fine; xxxii, [2], 406; xxxiv, 446; xxiv, 404 pp.
Blackmer 1803: Hilmy II, 331.
