This is the rating and price for 2V Georg Ebors Egypt Descriptive Historical And Picturesque C1880 Egyptology History Engraved Plates Cairo William Gentz Gustav Kuhn Adolf Gnauth Ernst Korner August Ramsthal Ludwig Burger, 1880

Description : Title: Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque Author: Georg Ebers - Georg Moritz Ebers, 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 1873Ð74. 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 anywhereÑthe other being the Edwin Smith Papyrus (ca. 1600 BCE). (Courtesy of Wikipedia) Translor: Clara Bell - Clara Bell, nee Poynter, was an English translator fluent in French, German, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, and Spanish, noted for her translations of works by Henrik Ibsen, Balzac, Georg Ebers, Huysmans, Maupassant, and others. She was educated in France, where she became fluent in French and German, she did not acquire her knowledge of the other languages until after her fortieth birthday. She spent most of her life in London. Bell was born in Westminster to architect Ambrose Poynter and Emma Forster, her brother was Sir Edward Poynter, a director of the National Gallery. She was a distant relation of Edward Burne-Jones and Rudyard Kipling. She was married to banker Robert Courtenay Bell (1816Ð1896) with whom she had six children, one of whom was Charles Francis Bell, who oversaw the Fine Art Department of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Under the direction of George Saintsbury, Bell, Ellen Marriage, and Rachel Scott were responsible for translating the vast majority of Balzac's Human Comedy into English, superseding earlier translations that had generally been regarded as stilted. The low pay that translators received at that time required Bell and her colleagues to complete work quickly, but her translations have nonetheless been noted for their close adherence to the source texts, and their high degree of readability.(Courtesy of Wikipedia) Publisher: Cassell and Company Limited City: London Year: c. 1880 Binding Style: Hardcover Number of Volumes: 2 Full Set: Yes Width: 11.75 Height: 15.25 Book Details: This antique complete set of two volumes feature Egyptology. Abundantly illustrated with full-page plates. Bound in brown cloth beveled boards with elaborate gilt motifs of birds and flowers. These beautiful plates illustrate the culture and ruins of Egypt in great detail. Condition / Notes: These books show nicely with mild to moderate signs of wear and age. The plates are clean and clear. The spine covers are separating. Volume II front hinge is separating with two free endpapers. The gilt boards are vibrant. The binding is sound. For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $20.50
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