[Rarebooks] FS: Papyri

[Nina W. Matheson]

For consideration today:

Baikie, James.   Egyptian papyri and papyrus hunting.  New York, Chicago, 
Fleming H. Revell Company [1925]. Original cloth. Book-plate removed from 
front free endpaper, otherwise very good. Book I, Ancient papyri, pp. 
[11]-222. Book II, Graeco-Roman papyri, pp. [223]-320. Undated. Date taken 
from WorldCat.  $75.00

Olmsted, Duncan H., comp.  Papyrus: some notes concerning the origins of 
writing materials in the West. Part I.  Orinda, CA, Press of the Golden 
Key, 1979. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Decoration by Valenti 
Angelo. Signed by the compiler on the title-page. One of 150 copies. 
Papyrus sample tipped in.  $30.00

British Museum.   The written word on papyrus by T. S. Pattie and E. G. 
Turner, an exhibition held in The British Museum 30 July-27 October 
1974.  [London] Published for The British Library Board by British Museum 
Publications Limited [1974]. Original printed wrappers. Fine. 48 pp. 
Illustrated. $20.00

University of Michigan Library.   Manuscripts & papyri, an exhibition 
arranged for the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists.  Ann Arbor, 
1967. Original printed wrappers. Fine. 21 pp. 80 items described.  $20.00


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