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n° 350
Titre : Collection Of Antiquarian And Travel Books, PÉRIODE : 1890.0
Notes : BOOKSLots 350-379 are sold not subject to return.THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE PROF. DR. JÜRGEN SETTGAST (1932-2004)(lots 283-310 and 350-377)Jürgen Settgast was born in Wismar, Germany, but in August 1951, he left what was then East Germany for West Germany as a political refugee. After gaining his PhD in Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg, Prof. Settgast spent many years in Egypt excavating in the Theban Necropolis and as assistant at the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo. In 1968 he was appointed Director of the Ägyptisches Museum in West Berlin. For his outstanding and visionary leadership of the museum from 1968-1988, the Federal Republic of Germany awarded him the Cross of Merit.PROVENANCE:Ex Libris Henry Myron Blackmer (1923-1988): G. Perrot, Histoire de L'Art dans L'Antiquité, Tome Premier, L'Égypte, J. Gardner Wilkinson, The Egyptians in the Time of the Pharaohs, and Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt.No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.Christie's, Salle de vente
, London, UK
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Titre de la vente : Antiquities
Date de la vente : 20/04/2005
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
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