[Rarebooks] Offering: Rare Egyptology Part 1

[Michael John Thompson]

The Egyptology list, as it now stands.

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1...... ALLIOT, Maurice.  Le culte d'Horus à 
Edfou au temps des Ptolémées.  Le Caire [Cairo]: 
Cairo.; Institut français d'archéologie 
orientale. 1954.  First edition. Quarto, original 
printed wrappers. pp [441] - 873. 1 plan, plus 
one folding chart. The second volume, an earlier 
part was issued in 1949. Issued as      Institut 
français d'archéologie orientale. Bibliothèque 
d'étude; tome. 20, fascicule 2. pencil 
annotations and notes to the rear endpapers by 
mystical philosopher Charles Muses. A few slight 
creases, some browning to wrappers, a very good copy.  $150.00

2...... AMELINEAU, E.  Prolégomènes à L'Etude de 
la Religion Egyptienne;  Deuxieme Partie.  Paris: 
Ernest LeRoux. 1916.  First edition. Octavo, 
contemporary marbled boards with leather spine, 
gilt titles, marbled endpapers. Volume II only, 
although self contained and integrel unto itself, 
Vol I was published in 1908. Issued as 
Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Etudes. 
Sciences Religieuses. Volume 30. 432 pp., text 
illustrations. Slight wear to edges of binding, 
small tear to leather at spine head, a very good copy.  $100.00

3...... BLACKMAN, Aylward M [editor & 
transcriber].  MIDDLE EGYPTIAN STORIES. Part I 
[all published].  Bruxelles : Édition de la 
Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth. 
1932.  First edition. Quarto, loose plates, 
original printed wrappers. Wrappers torn alonmg 
spine, and slightly marked; very good.  Issued as 
Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca II.  $50.00

4...... BLOK, Henri Peter.  De beide 
volksverhalen van Papyrus Harris 500 
verso  Leiden: E.J. Brill. 1925.  First edition. 
Octavo, original printed wrappers. 190 pp. Thesis 
/ dissertation. "Stellingen": [4] p. inserted./ 
Includes bibliographical references. Some 
spotting and staining to covers, small chip. Very good copy.  $50.00

5...... BUDGE, E. A. Wallis.  COOK'S HANDBOOK FOR 
EGYPT AND THE SUDAN.  London: Thos. Cook & Son. 
1906.  Second edition. Small octavo, 911n pages. 
profusely illustrated. Eight (!) large folding 
maps bound in the text, plus large folding map 
(20 x 24 inches) of COOKS TOURS IN EGYPT, ARABIA, 
PETRAEA, AND LOWER NUBIA loosely laid in. Wear to 
hinges, some fraying to some page corners; a very 
good copy, very unusually found with all the maps 
intact. The author was the Keeper of the Egyptian 
and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum.  $75.00

6...... CERNY, Jaroslav and GARDINER, Alan 
H.  HIERATIC OSTRACA. Volume I.  Oxford: Printed 
for the Griffith Institute At the University 
Press by Charles Batey. 1957  First edition. 
Volume One (only volume published). Elephant 
Folio, 20 x 15 inches, original green cloth 
titled in gilt. 115 plates. Excellent 
reproductions, mostly full-size, of specimens of 
of Theban origin, written in the hieratic, dating 
between the 18th and 20th Dynasties (roughly 1500 
to 1100 BC). A few small notes in pencil, a fine copy.  $375.00

7...... CHABAS, Francois.  Mélanges 
Égyptologiques.  Chalen-Sur- Saone : Chez J. 
Dejussieu, Imprimeur. 1862.  First edition. 
Octavo, bound in quarter calf, brown pebbled 
cloth boards, the spine with raised bands and 
titled in gilt, marbled endpapers. 120 pp. The 
first series, further volumes were issued in 1864 
and 1870, but each stands alone. A collection of 
11 articles on ancient Egypt. Contemporary 
presentation inscription by the author on the 
half-title leaf. Mild scuffing to binding, a very good, clean copy.  $250.00

8...... CHANTRE, Ernest.  Recherches 
anthropologiques dans l'Afrique orientale. 
Egypte.  Lyons: A. Rey & Cie. 1904.  First 
edition. Folio, bound in brown pebbled cloth with 
brown leather spine panel, raised bands, gilt 
titles. 318 pp with 159 figures in the text. 
Inscribed by the author on the half-title leaf:"A 
mon ami Piet Rey / Cordial Souvenir / Ernest 
Chantre". One assumes the recipient to be one of 
the publisher's family. A few small stains to the 
text, but overall, a very good clean copy.  $375.00

9...... CHASSINAT, Émile. ROCHEMONTEIX, Maxence 
Chalvet de. CAUVILLE, Sylvie.  LE TEMPLE D'EDFOU. 
The first edition. 15 volumes in 18. (plus 4 
volumes of the revised edition).  A near-complete 
set.  Paris: Ernest Leroux. 1892 / Le Caire 
[Cairo]: Institut français d'archéologie 
orientale. 1920- 1985.  First editions. Folio, 
bound (mostly in matching red half-leather 
bindings with gilt titles to spine, 4 volumes in 
brown half-leather, one volume in red 
half-leather with marbled boards, two volumes 
(X,2 and XV) in original printed wrappers. A 
monumental work on the temple of Horus at Edfou, 
reproducing every wall and hieroglyphic 
inscription in full, with literally hundreds of 
plates. Published over a period of almost a 
Century, complete sets are very rare. Issued in 
the series Mémoires publiés par les membres de la 
Mission Archéologique Française au Caire, our set 
comprises: Volume One; Volume Two, 3rd Fascicule 
(Vol Two, 1st & 2nd Fascicule are lacking); 
Volume Three, 1st and 2nd Fascicules; Volume 
Four, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, 
Volume 9, Volume 10, 1st Fascicule, Volume Ten, 
2nd Fasicule, Volume 11 first fascicule, Volume 
11 2nd fascicule, , Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 
14, and Volume 15.  Vol. 15, issued in 1985 as v. 
32 of the series, contains previously unedited 
texts, by Sylvie Cauville and Didier Devauchelle. 
Vol. 10, pt. 2, issued in 1960 as v. 27 [a] of 
the series, contains previously missing plates 
which were located in 1949. Included with this 
set is the Second edition of Volume One, issued 
in 4 fasicules, the revised and corrected edition 
edited by Sylvie Cauville and Didier Devauchelle. 
The text of Volume One (the 1892 edition) seems 
somewhat amiss, with perhaps the fourth fascicule 
being not bound in (i.e., lacking), pagination is 
to page 440, with then 5 photographic plates 
numbered 4-8, and then plates XI-XLVIc, followed 
by 593-614 the Index des titres des tableaux and 
the Table des Matieres.  In any event, this set 
is at least 90% complete, the missing text (if 
any) in Volume 1 is covered with the inclusion of 
the revised editions, there is the possibility of 
a few missing plates; all in all, a stupendous 
set. Condition: mostly bound with the original 
wrappers present, there is the odd damage to a 
few leaves, mostly with no loss. These came from 
the collection of mystical philosopher Charles 
Muses, who sometimes made pencil notes to the 
text, but mostly he has marked the title leaves 
somewhat. The bindings are all in nice unworn 
condition, the wrappered issues are near fine. 
Overall, impressive copies of a major work 
published over the course of a century. Few 
copies exist worldwide in institutional 
libraries, fewer still in private hands. 
Near-complete sets such as this are, indeed, rare. $3750.00

10..... CHRISTOPHE, Louis A.  KARNAK-NORD III. 
1945-1949, fouilles conduites par C. Robichon, 
rapport de Louis A. Christophe.  Le Caire 
[Cairo]: Impr. de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. 1951.  First edition. 
Folio, bound in blue pebbled cloth boards, 
leather spine with raised bands, gilt titles. 
Issued as: Fouilles de l'Institut français du 
Caire, tome 23. The second (?) volume  in the 
series, preceded by KARNAK I  (1943]  and later 
continued under separate authorship as KARNAK IV 
(2 vols) and KARNAK V. Each work is complete, and 
stands alone. With 50 plates and one folding 
plan. A fine copy. Very scarce.  $475.00

11..... DAUMAS, Francois.  LES MAMMISIS DE 
DENDARA. Extrait Planches du Mammisi Romain.  Le 
Caire: [Cairo]: Impr. de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. 1959.  First edition. 
Folio, original printed wrappers. 66 plates, 
complete. Wrappers tanned at edges, spine panel 
glazed. A very good copy.  $250.00

12..... DAVIDSON, D.  A Connected History of 
Early Egypt, Babylonia, and Central Asia: an 
original co-ordination of the evidences of modern 
methods of graphical analysis and narrative 
sequence.  Leeds: D. Davidson. 1927.  First 
edition. Quarto, original black cloth, gilt 
titles. Folding frontispiece map  of Western Asia 
4000 to 1700 BC, 30 folding charts. Time-lines of 
early history. Uncommon. A very good, clean copy 
in original cloth, plates all complete.  $45.00

13..... DRIOTON, Etienne.  LE TEXTE DRAMATIQUE 
D'EDFOU.  Le Caire (Cairo): Imprimeries de 
L'Institute Francais D'Archeologie Orientale. 
1948  First edition, Quarto, original printed 
wrappers. Issued as Cahier No. 11, Supplement aux 
Annals du Service des Antiquites De L'Egypte. 148 
pp., text illustrations. Slight browning, hand 
titles to spine panel; very good.  $55.00

14..... EBERS, George.  Aegypten und die Bücher 
Mose's. Sachlicher Kommentar zu den Aegyptischen 
Stellen in Genesis und Exodus. Erster Band. Mit 
59 Holzschnitten.  Leipzig, W. Engelmann. 
1868.  First edition. Bound in quarter leatehr 
over marbled paper boards, the spine with raised 
bands and decorated in blind, gilt titles, 
marbled endpapers. "Erster Band" = Volume one, 
but this is the only  volume published. 360 pp., 
illustrated, one folding chart. Slight split at 
lower edge of front hinge, mild foxing; a clean, very good copy.  $125.00

15..... ERICHSEN, W. [editor & 
transcriber].  PAPYRUS HARRIS I. Hieroglyphische 
Transkription.  Bruxelles: Édition de la 
Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth. 
1933.  First edition. Quarto, loose plates, 
original printed wrappers.Some tanning to 
wrappers near spine, very good. Issued as 
Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca V.    $60.00

16..... ERMAN, Adolf.  THE LITERATURE OF THE 
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. Poems, Narratives, and Manuals 
of Instruction, from the Third and Second 
Millenia B.C. Translated into English by Aylward 
M. Blackman.  London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 
1927.  First edition. Octavo, neatly rebound in 
contemporary full red cloth, gilt titles to 
spine. A Boots Library binding, but neatly done. 
318 pp., Notes. A Scholarly History of Egyptian 
Literature, translated from the German. Inner 
hinges neatly strengthened, rental stubb on rear 
endpaper, Boots sticker neatly removed from front 
panel; overall a very good clean copy. Handsome 
and attractive contemporary Egyptian style 
bookplate on inner front cover "Ex Libris A.H. 
Aszkanazy".  Overall, a very good copy.  $45.00

17..... FAULKNER, Raymond O. [editor & 
transcriber].  THE PAPYRUS BREMNER-RHIND (British 
Museum No. 10188). Part I [along with] Part 
II.  Bruxelles : Édition de la Fondation 
Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth. 1932 & 1933..  Two 
volumes. First edition. Quarto, loose plates, 
original printed wrappers. Some tape along spine 
of Part I, spine a bit frayed on Part II, a very 
good set.  Issued as Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca III (Parts I and II).     $75.00

18..... GARDINER, Alan H.  CATALOGUE DES 
CARACTERES D'IMPRESSION HIEROGLYPHIQUES 
D'EGYPTIENS d'apres les matrices appartenant a 
Alan H. Gardiner. En deux dimensions 18 points et 
12 points avec grandeurs 
intermediaires.  Bruxelles: Edition de la 
Foundation Egyptologique Reine Elisabeth. 
1928.  First edition. Large quarto, original 
printed wrappers. A few smalll marks and very 
tiny tears, a very good, clean copy. Very uncommon.  $100.00

19..... GARDINER, Alan H. [editor & 
transcriber].  LATE EGYPTIAN 
MISCELLANIES.  Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation 
Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth. 19367  First 
edition. Quarto, loose plates, original printed 
wrappers. Wrappers frayed and separated along 
spine (this volume is extra thick); otherwise 
generally a very good copy. Issued as Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca VII.    $95.00

20..... GARDINER, Alan H. [editor & 
transcriber].  LATE EGYPTIAN STORIES. Part I 
[along with] Part II.  Bruxelles : Édition de la 
Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth. 1931 & 
1932.  Two volumes. First editions. Quarto, loose 
plates, original printed wrappers. The two 
volumes form a complete work containins 
transcriptions, with textual notes, of all known 
Late-Egyptian stories and fragments of stories. 
Wrappers frayed, separated at spine and somewhat 
tanned, text pages complete and in fine order. 
Issued as Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca I (Parts I and II).  $75.00

21..... GARDINER, Sir Alan. THE JOURNAL OF 
EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 35.  THE JOURNAL OF 
EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 35.  London:  The 
Egypt Exploration Society. 1949.  First edition. 
Quarto, bound in contemporary brwon marbled 
boards with brown leather spine, gilt titles, 
raised bands. Special volume dedicated to Sir 
Alan Gardiner. Frontispiece portrait of Gardiner 
plus 11 further plates throught the text. 175 pp. 
A partial list of contents includes: Bibliography 
of Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner by R.O. Faulkner; 
Birds and Bats at Beni Hasn by Nina M. 
Davies;  The Earliest Version of Book of the Dead 
78 by A. de Buck; An Egyptian Statuette in Malta 
by Rosalinf Moss; La Cryptogram de la Chapelle de 
Toutankhamon by Etienne Drioton, etc. Upper page 
edges slightly bumped. From the library of 
mystical philosopher Charles Muses, with a few 
pencil notes in his hand. Very good to near fine condition, overall.  $75.00

22..... GREBAUT, Eugene.  Hymne à Ammon-Ra des 
papyrus égyptiens du Musée de Boulaq. Traduit et 
commenté par Eugène Grébaut.  Paris: Librairie A. 
Frank. 1874.  First edition. Octavo, bound in 
half green cloth over marbled paper boards, 
leather title label to spine panel. Original 
wrappers bound in. 304 pp. Issued as Bibliothèque 
de l'École des hautes études... Sciences 
philologiques et historiques, 21st fascicule. The 
text is a reproduction of a handwritten Ms, 
reproducing the papyrus and with french 
translation, plus notes. Some mild rubbing to binding, a fine copy.  $375.00

23..... HAMADA, A and Sh. Farid.  Excavations at 
Kôm el-Hisn. Fourth Season 1947. Extrait des 
Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypt, t. 
L.  Le Caire : Institut Francais d'Archéologie 
orientale. 1950.  First edition. Octavo, original 
printed wrappers. 13pp. + 10 plates (one folding) 
of amultets, scarabs, necklaces, excavations. 
Inscribed presentation copy from Shafik Farid to 
Dr. Charles Muses, dated 1957. Some tanning to 
wrappers, one corner repaired with tape; very good.  $75.00

24..... HENRY, D.M.J.  L'Egypte Pharaonique, ou 
Histoire des Institutions des Egyptiens Sous 
Leurs Rois Nationeaux. Two Volumes in 
One.  Paris: Libraire Didot Freres. 1846.  First 
edition. Octavo, newly rebound in half calf over 
marbled paper boards, the spine with raised 
bands, spine label titled in gilt, marbled 
endpapers. 512 + 501 pp., illustrated, plates. 
Some browning to text block, mild scattered 
foxing, a few miniscule notes in pencil. A nice 
copy in an attractive and neatly done (and 
expensive!) modern binding.  $350.00

25..... Institut français d'archéologie orientale 
du Caire.  Bulletin de l'Institut français 
d'archéologie orientale. Tome VII, fascicule 
2.  Le Caire, Institut français d'archéologie 
orientale. 1910.  First edition. Quarto, bound in 
pebbled cloth with leather spine, gilt titles, 
raised bands. Pp. [97] - 175. Illustrated, 3 
plates [all called for]. Very good copy (one 
plate chipped and with a small hole not affecting the image].  $85.00


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