Consulter la cote et le prix de E A Wallis Budge The Nile Notes For Travellers In Egypt 1895 Antique Travel Guide Egyptology Plates Maps Decorative Binding, 1895

Description : Title: The Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt Author: E. A. Wallis Budge - Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920 he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum. (Information courtesy of Wikipedia) Publisher: Thos. Cook & Son (Egypt), Ltd. City: London / Cairo Year: 1895 Printing Information: Other - see description Binding Style: Hardcover Pagination: xv/439 pages Width: 5.5 Height: 7.5 Book Details: From the preface: The short descriptions of the principal Egyptian monuments on each side of the Nile between Cairo and the Second Cataract (Wadi Halfah), printed i the following pages, are not in any way intended to form a 'Guide to Egypt': they are drawn up for the use of those travellers who have a very few weeks to spend in Egypt, and who wish to carry in their memories some of the more important facts connected with the fast-perishing remains of one of the most interesting and ancient civilizations that has been developed on the face of the earth. This is a scarce stated fourth edition of a work fist published in 1890. This antique volume is bound in flexible brown cloth with bright stamped gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. The front cover has numerous Egyptian hieroglyphs stamped in gold. The volume contains numerous full-page and in-text illustrations, as well as a double-page color map at the front of the volume. Condition / Notes: The book shows moderate external wear, with bumping and a very small tear to the edges. The binding is firm. This volume has marbled edges and endpapers. The pages are generally clean and bright, with a few small spots of soiling or foxing to the fore edges. 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: $4.50
Prix: 50.00 USD 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
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