[Rarebooks] Offering: Rare Egyptology Part 2

Tue May 15 09:51:47 EDT 2007

The Egyptology list, as it now stands.

These books should have made it onto my website,

and can be ordered directly there. The URL of the 
Egyptology ctagalogue there  is:

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26..... Institut français d'archéologie orientale 
du Caire.  Bulletin de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. Tome XI, fascicule 
2.  Le Caire, Institut français d'archéologie 
orientale. 1914.  First edition. Quarto, bound in 
pebbled cloth with leather spine, gilt titles, 
raised bands. Pp. [121] - 242. Illustrated, 
plates [5 are called for, 2 are present]. Very 
good [G. Jequier in white in on spine].  $50.00

27..... Institut français d'archéologie orientale 
du Caire.  Bulletin de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. Tome XII, Fascicules I 
and II.  Le Caire, Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. 1916.  First edition. 
Quarto, bound in pebbled cloth with leather 
spine, gilt titles, raised bands. Pp. 1 - 
257.  Two volumes bound together. Illustrated, 
plates - [6 are called for, 2 are present]. 
Pencil notes to the margins of some articles. Very good copy.  $90.00

28..... Institut français d'archéologie orientale 
du Caire.  Bulletin de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. Tome XII, fascicule 
1.  Le Caire, Institut français d'archéologie 
orientale. 1916.  First edition. Quarto, bound in 
pebbled cloth with leather spine, gilt titles, 
raised bands. Pp. 1 - 257. 4 plates [of 6?]. 
Bound without title leaf. Very good copy.  $50.00

29..... Institut français d'archéologie orientale 
du Caire.  Bulletin de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. Tome XIV, fascicule 
2.  Le Caire, Institut français d'archéologie 
orientale. 1918.  First edition. Quarto, bound in 
pebbled cloth with leather spine, gilt titles, 
raised bands. Pp. 137-254.  Very good copy.  $60.00

30..... Institut français d'archéologie orientale 
du Caire.  Bulletin de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. Tome XIX, fascicule 
2.  Le Caire, Institut français d'archéologie 
orientale. 1922.  First edition. Quarto, bound in 
pebbled cloth with leather spine, gilt titles, 
raised bands. Pp. 121 - 279. The second half of 
Jequier's "Materiaux pour servir a 
l'establissement d'un dictionaire d'archeologie 
egyptienne".  Very good copy.  $60.00

31..... Institut français d'archéologie orientale 
du Caire.  Bulletin de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. Tome XLVII. 
complete.  Le Caire, Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. 1948.  First edition. 
Quarto, bound in pebbled cloth with leather 
spine, gilt titles, raised bands. Pp. 1-200 + 5 
plates, complete. Very good copy.  $60.00

32..... Institut français d'archéologie orientale 
du Caire.  Bulletin de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. Tome XXIII.  Le Caire, 
Institut français d'archéologie orientale. 
1924.  First edition. Quarto, bound in full brown 
limp leather. Pp. 1- 88 + 5 plates. This may be 
facsicule 1 only. Very good copy.  $60.00

33..... JEQUIER, Gustave.  Fouilles à Saqqarah. 
Le monument funéraire de Pepi II. Tome III: Les 
Approches du Temple. Planches Dessinees par Ahmed 
Eff. Yousef. Plan Dresse par J. Ph. Lauer.  Le 
Caire : Imperimerie de l'institute Français 
d'archéologie Orientale. 1940.  First edition. 
Folio, bound in green pebbled cloth with leather 
spine panel, raised bands, gilt titles. 80 pp., 
colour frontispiece, text illustrations + 55 
large plates. A few marks in pencil, a very good clean copy.  $350.00

34..... JEQUIER, Gustave.  Fouilles à Saqqarah: 
Les pyramides des reines Neit et Apouit,  Le 
Caire : Imperimerie de l'institute Français 
d'archéologie Orientale. 1933.  First edition. 
Folio, bound in full red cloth, gilt titles to 
spine. 60 pp. text illustrations, + 40 plates. 
The Library of Congress Duplicate copy , so 
marked, with a small library tag on upper cover 
and the LC Duplicate stamp on the front endpaper 
(no other library markings). Original wrappers 
bound in. A very good copy.  $400.00

35..... KAMAL, Ahmed Bey.  LES IDEES 
COSMOGONIQUES DES ANCIENS HABITANTS DE 
L'EGYPTE.  Le Caire: Imprimeries Nationale. 
1907.  First separate editions. Octavo, original 
printed wrappers. 21 pp. Extrait du Bulletin de 
la Societe Khediviale de Geographie VIIe Serie, 
Numero I. Wrapps chipping along spine and 
beginning to separate, a few pencil notes; a very 
good complete copy.  $75.00

36..... KAMAL, Ahmed Bey.  VARIA. Collection of 
papers. Tel far'on / sur un monument qui se 
trouve a boulaq / rapport sur la necropole 
d'arabe-el-borg; rapport sur une statue 
recueillie a kom el-shatain, dans le garbieh / 
note sur un fragment de naos; fouilles a 
deir-el-barsheh  No Place, No date (circa 
1901)  Octavo, contemporary marbled paper boards 
with leather spine, raised bands, gilt titles 
(Kamal / VARIA). These are likely offprints or 
extracts from Annales du Service des antiquités 
de l'Egypte. 15 pp + 5 pp (plus 1 plate of the 
Statue of Kom el-Shatain) + 40 pp + 12 pp + 21 pp 
+ 2pp + 7 pp + 6pp. Internally near fine, binding 
worn & rubbed at extremities. A very good 
copy.  Complete list of contents: Tel far'on / 
sur un monument qui se trouve a boulaq / rapport 
sur la necropole d'arabe-el-borg; rapport sur une 
statue recueillie a kom el-shatain, dans le 
garbieh / note sur un fragment de naos; fouilles 
a deir-el-barsheh (mars-avril 1900)/ une nouvelle 
table d'offrandes de seti 1ER; fouilles a 
gebel-el-teyr / quelques fragments provenant 
d'ouasim / un tombeau a zeitoun; le pylone de 
qous; stele d'acoris duexieme roi de la xxixe 
dynastie; fouilles a deir-el barche executees 
dans les six pemiers mois de l'annee par m. 
Antonini de mallawi; exploration dans la province de siout. $250.00

37..... KEIMER, Louis.  Interprétation de 
quelques passages d'Horapollon  Le Caire, Impr. 
de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. 
1947.  First edition. Quarto, bound in brown 
pebbled boards with leather spine, raised bands, 
gilt titles. 54 pp, 40 figures in the text. A 
very good, clean copy.  $125.00

38..... KOEFOED-PETERSEN, Otto.  [editor & 
transcriber].  RECUIL DES INSCRIPTIONS 
HIÉROGLYPHIQUES DE LA GLYPTOTHÉQUE NY CARLSBERG. 
Publié avec subvention de la Fondation Carlsberg 
NY.  Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation 
Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth. 1936.  First 
edition. Quarto, loose plates, original printed 
wrappers. Front wrapper and title leaf with a 
ragged repaired tear, tanning to wrappers, 
otherwise very good. Issued as Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca VI.    $75.00

39..... LACAU, Pierre.  Les Noms Des Parties Du 
Corps En Egyptien et En Semitique.  Paris: 
Imprimerie Nationale / C. Klincksieck. 
1970.  First edition. Quarto, original printed 
wrappers. 171 pp. Wrappers slightly tanned, touch 
of fraying to edges; a very good clean copy.  $50.00

40..... LEFEBURE, E [Eugene].  OEuvres diverses. 
Tome Premier. Bibliothèque égyptologique 
comprenant les oeuvres des égyptologues français 
dispersées dans divers recueils et qui n'ont pas 
encore rúnies jusq'à ce jour, pub. sous la 
direction de G. Maspero. Tome 34.  Paris: Ernest 
Leroux, Editeur. 1910.  First edition. Large 
octavo, original printed wrappers. Volume 34 of 
Bibliothèque égyptologique, this is the first 
volume (of three) of the Oevres Diverses, but it 
is complete within itself. 372 pp. Contains 
"Notice biographique d'Eugène Lefébure, par 
Philippe Virey": v. 1, xci p. The text is mostly 
in French, but this volume also contains "The 
Book of Hades [From the Sarcophagus of Seti I.], 
the text of which is in English. Wrappers chipped 
at spine head and with some short closed tears, a 
bit browned, one corner bumped. A very good copy. Scarce.  $225.00

41..... LEFEBVRE, Gustave. [LEFEBURE]  HISTOIRE 
DES GRANDS PRETRES D’AMON DE KARNAK JUSQU'A LA 
XXIe DYNASTIE. Avec 5 Planches.  Paris: Librairie 
Orientaliste Paul Guenthner. 1929.  First 
edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 303 
pp. Indexes, plates, text illustrations. Text in 
French. From the library of mystical philosopher 
Charles A. Muses, with his ownership marks. Near fine copy.  $100.00

42..... LEFEBVRE, Gustave. 
[LEFEBURE]  INSCRIPTIONS CONCERNANT LES GRANDS 
PRETRES D’AMON Rome-Roy Et Amenhotep. Avec Deux 
Planches.  Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul 
Guenthner. 1929.  First edition. Octavo, original 
printed wrappers. 77 pp., Index, Plates, text 
illustrations. Very good copy, the wrappers slightly browned.  $50.00

43..... LEGRAIN, Georges French Egyptologist 
[1865-1917].  AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT:  RECHERCHES SUR LA FAMILLE DONT
FIT PARTIE MONTOUEMHAT, Douxieme Partie, LES 
ENFANTS DE KHAEMHOR, Chapitre Deuxieme. 13 folio 
pages. Handwritten in French and Hieroglyphic, in 
ink with some corrections in pencil. Stamped on 
two leaves "Imprimerie Bertrand / Chaion-sur-saon 
/ 9 Juil 1910". Accompanied by what appears to be 
a proof printing of the article, 8 pp printed on 
rectos only, 33 x 25 cm.There is a stamp on the 
first leaf dated 30 Nov 1911, the rest of the 
stamp is faded. The manuscript is folded else in 
near fine condition; the proof  is in loose 
sheets, stringbound, and one edge of the top leaf 
has 2 ragged tears, each about 5 cm long. A 
genealogical work pertaining to the family of 
Khaemhor, a vizier of the 24th Dynasty. Legrain 
was a member of the French Institute in Cairo 
between 1892 and 1894.  He became the 
Inspecteur-dessinateur of the Service des 
Antiquites in 1894. In 1895, he undertook 
conservation work at the temple of  Karnak. He is 
best known for his work there, which involved the 
discovery of the Karnak Hoard, 800 fine objects - 
statures of all periods- hidden in the Hypostyle 
Hall of the temple of Amun-Re in 1904. $1250.00

44..... LEPSIUS, C.R.  Zeitschrift fur Agyptische 
Sprache und Alterthumskunde . Herausgegben von 
C.R. Lepsius zu Berlin unter Mitwirkung van H. 
Brugsch. ACHTER JAHRGANG 1870 / NEUNTER JAHRGANG 
1871 / ZEHNTER JAHRGANG 1872. Three vols in 
One.  Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. 
1870-71-72.  First editions. Quarto, contemporary 
pebbled black cloth with leather spoine, raised 
bands, gilt titles. Three volumes in one. 172+148 
+ 136 pp., plates. Articles on Egypt and the 
Middle East by P. Pierret, F. Lenormant, G. 
Rawlinson, F. Chabas, E. Naville, W. Pleyte, G. 
Ebers, etc., etc. Works on the Egyptian book of 
the Dead, the Temple of Edfou, the meanins of 
certain heiroglyphicsEgyptian amulets, etc. A 
treasure-trove of information. Articles are in 
German, French and English. There is a 
double-page mounted photographic print of 
prehistoric tools in the 1870 issue. Three 
volumes of this journal, the 8th, 9th and 10th 
yearbooks bound together: these early volumes are 
rare. Binding worn at edges; very good. From the 
library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, 
with his handwritten notes on the rear endpapers. $250.00

45..... LITTMANN, Enno.  NABATAEAN INSCRIPTIONS 
FROM EGYPT. With an Introduction and Classical 
Notes by David Meredith. Volume I and II.  No 
Place, No date.  First separate editions. Octavo, 
original printed wrappers, 
Plates.       Reprinted from the  BSOAS, 1953, 
xv/1, pp. 1-28 [Vol I]; 1954, xvi/2, pp. 
[211]-246 [Vol II]. Mild tanning, a very good set.  $75.00

46..... LUYNES, H. D'Albert de  Mémoire sur le 
sarcophage et l'inscription funéraire 
d'Esmunazar, roi de Sidon.  Paris: Henri Plon. 
1856.  First edition. Folio, original boards, 
neatly rebacked. 82 pp, 2 plates (one folding). 
Inscribed (presumably by the author) on the front 
free endpaper "Offert par l'auteur a Monsieur 
Auguste-Montie". Laid into this volume is a folio 
offprint by de Luynes entitled "Sur le Sarcophage 
d'un Roi de Sidon, Decouvert pres de Sayda, lu 
dans la seance publique des cinq Academies, le 14 
aout 1855". The imprint is Didot Freres / 
Institute Imperial de France. 1855. 15 pp. Mild 
repairs and new rebacking to the book, thus very 
good, the offprint is fine. An uncommon set.  $350.00

47..... MALLET, Dominique.  Le culte de Neit à 
Saïs.  Paris, E. Leroux. 1888.  First edition. 
Octavo, original printed wrappers. ix, [5], 252 
p. Thèse--L'école du Louvre. Some tape to edges, 
spine glazed, small chips. From the library of 
mystical philosopher Charles Muses, with his 
handwriten notes on two inserted pages. A very good copy.  $125.00

48..... MASPERO, G [editor].  Recueil de travaux 
relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie 
égyptiennes et assyriennes. Pour servir de 
bulletin à la mission française du Caire publié 
sous la direction de G. Maspero. TREIZIEME 
ANNEE.  Paris: Emile Bouillon. 1890.  First 
edition. Quarto, bound in red pebbled boards with 
leather spine, raised bands, gilt titles, 
original front wrapper bound in. Issued as: Vol 
XIII, Fascicules III et IV. pp [113] - 204. One 
folding plate. Complete. A volume in the series. 
Articles by Maspero, Sayce, Daressy, Muller, 
Bouriant, Amiaud, Scheil, Legrain and Wilbour. 
Front wrapper leaf damaged: waterstained and 
chipped, and with notes in pen. Otherwise, and 
overall, a very good copy.  $200.00

49..... MASPERO, G.  Introduction à l'étude de la 
phonétique Egyptienne.  Paris: Librairie Honore 
Champion. 1917.  First edition. Large quarto, 
bound in marbled paper boards with cloth spine, 
leather title label. 137 pp. Extrait des vol. 
XXXVII-XXXVIII du Recueil de Travaux relatifs à 
la Philologie et à l'Archéologie égypt. et 
assyriennes. Spine label rubbed. A very good copy.  $200.00

50..... MASPERO, Sir G[ustave].  MANUAL OF 
EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY And Guide to the Study of 
Antiquities in Egypt. For the Use of Students and 
Travellers. Translated and Enlarged by Agnes S. 
Johns. With Three Hundred and Forty-Two 
Illustrations.  London: H. Grevel and Co. / New 
York: G.P. Putnam,'s Sons. 1914.  Sixth English 
Edition. Small octavo, original red cloth 
decorated in blind and titled in gilt. 385 pp + 4 
pp ads at rear, Illustrated, Index. mark to front 
free endpaper, slight spine tanning, slightly 
bumped: a very good copy.  $40.00

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