This is the rating and price for Ernst Von Sieglin / Rudolf Pagenstecher Die Griechisch-Agyptische Sammlung 1913 First Edition Antique Archaeology Ancient Egypt & Greece Stone & Clay Vases Bone Carvings Plates Decorative Binding, 1913

Description : Title: Die griechisch-agyptische Sammlung von Ernst von Sieglin Author: Rudolf Pagenstecher - Rudolf Pagenstecher was a German archaeologist. Editor: Ernst von Sieglin - Ernst von Sieglin was a Stuttgart businessman and a patron of the arts. Sieglin financed excavations in Alexandria between 1898 and 1902, where the multistoried underground necropolis at Kom-Esch-Schukafa was explored, as well as excavations at the serapeum, in the royal quarter and in the district of Hadra. The findings were published at Sieglin's expense in a multi-volume work entitled Expedition Ernst von Sieglin, Ausgrabungen in Alexandria. A second Sieglin expedition to Egypt took place between 1909 and 1914, under the direction of Georg Steindorff, and discovered the funerary temple of Khepri in Giza. Publisher: Druck und Verlag von Giesecke & Devrient City: Leipzig Year: 1913 Printing Information: First Edition Binding Style: Hardcover Number of Volumes: 1 Full Set: No Pagination: xi/253 pages plus 60 plates Width: 13.25 Height: 17.75 Book Details: Condition / Notes: This volume contains the text and plates for the third part of the second volume of this part of this multi-volume work entitled Expedition Ernst Sieglin: Ausgrabungen in Alexandria. This third part is entitled Die Gefasse in Stein und Ton, Knochenschnitzereien. (Vases in Stone and Clay, Bone Carvings) This folio volume is bound in cloth affected to have a vellum-like appearance, with stamped gilt lettering and elaborate ornamentation stamped in gold. The book shows moderate external wear, with light soiling and mild rubbing to the covers. The binding is cracked at the front of the volume, after the table of contents, with two leaves containing the foreword now detached. This volume is adorned with gilt edges and decoratively patterned endpapers. The interior is clean and bright. This work is lavishly illustrated, with numerous textual illustrations and engraved plates. It should be noted that the publisher's prospectus is laid in. This volume has been collated and was found to be complete. Eleven numbered introductory pages are followed by 253 numbered pages of text and 60 plates. Eighteen of these plates are in color. 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: $16.50
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