[Rarebooks] Offering: Rare Egyptology, Part 3

[Michael John Thompson]

The Egyptology list, as it now stands.

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51..... MAYASSIS, S.  Le livre des morts de 
l'Égypte ancienne est un livre d'initiation; 
matériaux pour servier à l'étude de la 
philosophie égyptienne.  Athènes, B.A.O.A., 
1955.  1st edition. Thick octavo, original 
printed wrappers. xi, 630 pp, some illustrations 
in the text. Large folding chart at rear (loose). 
Spine tanned and with a few faint creases, minor 
scuffs; a very good copy.  $100.00

52..... McCAULEY, Edward Y.  A DICTIONARY OF THE 
EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE. Read October 20, 1882. 
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL 
SOCIETY, Article 1.  Philadelphia: American 
Philosophical Society. 1882.  First edition. 
Quarto, contemporary red cloth, leather spine and 
corners, raised bands. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION 
COPY inscribed by the author on the first leaf 
(Preface) "The Hon. Wm E. Chandler Sec. of the 
U.S. Navy with Comm. McCauley's Compts."  Bound 
without any title page or preliminary material. 
241 pp., reproduction of a holograph 
manuscript.  William Eaton Chandler (1835 - 1917) 
was a lawyer who served as United States 
Secretary of the Navy and as a Senator from New 
Hampshire.  A good copy only: The binding is a 
mess: stained, chipped, varnished and servicable only. Rare.  $175.00

53..... NAVILLE, Edouard.  DAS AGYPTISCHE 
TOTENBUCH DER XVIII. BIS XX DYNASTIE. Aus 
Verschiedenen Urkunden. Two Volumes (of 3). Vol 
1: Text und Vignetten. Vol 2: Varianten. [THE 
EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD].  Berlin: A. Asher. 
1886  First editions. Two volumes (of three, 
lacks the small volume titled 'Einleitung' 
(Introduction). Large folio, contemporary 
(original?) marbled boards with cloth spines. 212 
pp, + 448 pp, completely illustrated. THE 
EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD. Spine panel of volume 
2 faded and titled (crudely) by hand, light wear 
to boards and slight repairs to hinges; very 
good. This first edition is quite rare.  $600.00

54..... NEWBERRY, Percy; Fraser, G. Willoughby; 
GRIFFITH, F.L. [General Editor].  BENI HASAN. 
Part 1. With Plans and Measurements of the Tombs 
by G. Willoughby Fraser. With Forty-Nine Plates. 
Published under the Auspices of the Egypt 
Exploration Fund. [ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 
EGYPT].  London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & 
Co., Ltd. 1893.  First edition. Folio, original 
printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. 85 
pp. + 47 plates ( some coloured, many 
folding).  THE EGYPTIAN ALPHABET, loose sheet for 
reference, loosely laid in. Issued as the First 
Memoir of the Archaeological Survey of Egypt. The 
first volume of what extended to a 5-volume 
series. Hinges slightly cracked, general light 
soiling and wear; very good overall.  $200.00

55..... ODHNER, C. TH.  THE CORRESPONDENCES OF 
EGYPT: A Study in the Theology of the Ancient 
Church.  Bryn Athyn, PA: The Academy Bookroom. 
1914.  First edition. Octavo. 136 pp. text 
illustrations, Index. Disbound, but complete. Very good.  $20.00

56..... PIANKOFF, Alexandre.  Les Chapelles de 
Tout-Ankh-Amon. Fascicule deuxieme.  Le Caire : 
Imperimerie de l'institute Français d'archéologie 
Orientale. 1951.  First edition. Folio, bound in 
pebbled brown cloth with leather spine, raised 
abnds, gilt titles. Obviously, the plate volume, 
comprising 22 plates, many of which are folding. Fine copy.  $150.00

57..... PLEYTE, Dr. W.  CHAPITRES SUPPLEMENTAIRES 
DU LIVRE DES MORTS 164-174. Traduction et 
Commentaire par le Dr. W. Pleyte, Conservateur au 
Musee d'Antiquities des Pays-Bas a Leide. 
Autographie par J. Bytel.  Leide: E.J. Brill. 
1881.  First edition. Quarto, original pictorial 
gray boards. 202 pp., reproduction of holographic 
manuscript. Apparantly, Volume III only, (of 
III). A few small stains, but a very good copy in 
elaborately decorated pictorial boards. Very scarce.  $150.00

58..... PLEYTE, W.  ETUDES EGYPTOLOGIQUES.  Leide 
[Leiden]: E.J. Brill. 1866.  First edition. 
Quarto, original paper-covered boards titled in 
black. 218 pp + 187 + [18] pp. Three works bound 
together under a general title. Included are: [1] 
Étude sur un rouleau magique du Musée de Leide: 
traduction analytique et commentée du Pap. 348 
revers; (2) Étude sur le chapitre 125, du rituel 
funéraire. traduction analytique et commentée 
d'après les meilleurs manuscrits; [3] 
L'epistolographie égyptienne, principalement 
selon les pap.de Leide, 248,249 et 360 à 371. 
Traduction analytique des textes. [Note: An 
unfinished work; ends abruptly.] 18 plates 
throughout, of which 12 are in colours, 9 are 
folding and one is a 2-page spread. A beautiful and rare work.     $750.00

59..... PLEYTE, W.  Set dans la barque du 
soleil.  Leide: T. Hoolberg & Fils. 1865.  First 
edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 15 
pp., folding plate at rear. Wrappers slightly 
spotted. A near fine copy.  $85.00

60..... POOLE, Reginald Stuart.  Horæ ægyptacæ: 
or, The chronology of ancient Egypt; discovered 
from astronomical and hieroglyphic records upon 
its monuments; including many dates found in 
coeval inscriptions from the period of the 
building of the great pyramid to the times of the 
Persi  London: John Murray. 1851.  First edition. 
Octavo, bound in plain tan paper-covered boards 
with green cloth spine, gilt titles (an older 
mid-20th Century binding, not original). 263 pp., 
7 leaves of plates. Dampstaining to plates at 
rearaffecting about a third of the plate. Some 
minor wear and rubbing to the binding. Overall, a 
very good copy.  From the library of mystical 
philosopher Charles Muses, with his handwritten 
notes in pencil throughout the text Full title: 
Horæ ægyptacæ: or, The chronology of ancient 
Egypt; discovered from astronomical and 
hieroglyphic records upon its monuments; 
including many dates found in coeval inscriptions 
from the period of the building of the great 
pyramid to the times of the Persians : and 
illustrations of the history of the first 
nineteen dynasties, shewing the order of their 
succession, from the monuments. $300.00

61..... QUONDAM [psuedonym of Charles McClellan 
Stevens].  THE EGYPTIAN HARP GIRL. A Mystery of 
the Peristyle. Illustrated.  Chicago: Laird & 
Lee, Publishers. 1894.  1st edition. Octavo, 
rebound in full green cloth titled in gilt. 
Illustrated. Egyptian lost race fantasy novel of 
a secret underground society in contact with the 
outer world. Frontispiece leaf is mounted on the 
verso of the new front free endpaper, last 4 
leaves of text supplied in facsimile. Browning to 
text paper, some loss to the frontispiece, a good 
copy only. Not in Wright. Not in the LC online 
catalogue. Not in the Charvat database. Rare.  $450.00

62..... RACHEWILTZ, Boris de.  THE ROCK TOMB OF 
IRW-K3-PTH. With a Frontispiece, XXVIII Plates 
(50 Photographs), 6 Figures in the Text and 
Hieroglyphic Translations.  Leiden: E.J. Brill. 
1960.  First edition. Quarto, original black 
cloth gilt titles. 29 pp. + 28 pp plates, text 
illustrations. Archeological study of an Egyptian 
Old Kingdom Tomb. A fine copy.  $125.00

63..... ROUGE, Emmanuel, Vicomte de  Recherches 
sur les monuments qu'on peut attribuer aux six 
premières dynasties de Manéthon,précédées d'un 
rapport adressé à M. le ministre de l'instruction 
publique sur les résultats généraux de la 
mission.  Paris, Imprimerie impériale. 
1866.  First edition. Folio, bound in 
contemporary half brown leather over marbled 
paper boards, the spine with raised bands, ruled 
and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. 165 pp., 
8 plates (five of which are folding). "Extrait de 
la IIe ptie. du t. XXV des Mémoires de l'Académie 
des inscriptions et belles-lettres." Complete. 
Binding lightly worn at edges, a very good copy.  $550.00

64..... ROUGE, Emmanuel, Vicomte de.  Notes sur 
la collection égyptienne du Musée départemental 
archéologique de la Loire-Inférieure.  Paris, 
1882.  First edition. Octavo, original printed 
wrappers. 22 pp., 5 plates (numbered pl. 
III-VII). Société nationale des antiquaires de 
France. Mémoires.; t. 43. Inscribed by the author 
at the upper edge of the front wrpper, although 
the inscription has faded and is 
near-illegible.  Wrappers a bit soiled, small 
chips. Previous owner's name-stamp on inner cover. Very good. Rare.  $125.00

65..... SAAD, Zaki Y.  STATUETTE OF GOD BES AS A 
PART OF A FAN WITH THE NAME OF KING TAKLOT II by 
Zaki Y. Saad. Extrait des Annales du Service des 
Antiquites de L'Egypt, T. XLII.  LE CAIRE: 
Imprimerie de L'Institute Drancais D'Archeologie 
Orientale. 1944.  First separate edition. Octavo, 
original printed wrappers. 12 pp., plates. 
Inscribed by the author "To Colonel W.B. Emery 
with the compliments of Taki Saad 21.5.44". Two 
puncture holes for binding along spine, edges of 
wrappers crudely reinforced with paper and tape; very good.  $40.00

66..... SANDER-HANSEN, C.E. [editor & 
transcriber].  HISTORISCHE INSCHRIFTEN DER 19. 
DYNASTIE. Teil I [All published].  Bruxelles: 
Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine 
Élisabeth. 1933.  First edition. Quarto, loose 
plates, original printed wrappers.Some tanning 
and dust-soiling to outer wrappers, very 
good.  Issued as Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca IV.    $50.00

67..... SAUNERON, Serge.  LE TEMPLE D'ESNA VIII. 
L'ECRITURE FIGURATIVE DANS LES TEXTES D'ESNA. 
Avec une note de J.J. Clere.  Le Caire: 
Publications de L'Institut Francais D'Archeologue 
Orientale. 1982.  First edition. Quarto, original 
printed wrappers. 221 pp. One folding plate, text 
illustrations. A fine copy.  $100.00

68..... SAUNERON, Serge.  LE TEMPLE D'ESNA 
[textes No. 194-398, ESNA III)  Le Caire: 
Publications de L'Institut Francais D'Archeologue 
Orientale. 1968.  First edition. Quarto, bound in 
full brown boards with leather spine panel titled 
in gilt, raised bands on spine. 385 pp., Plates 
(several folding). Descriptions of the Columns of 
the Temple of Esna. Some tape re-inforcement to 
hinges of folding plates; overall, a very good copy. Nice.  $125.00

69..... SAUNERON, Serge.  LE TEMPLE D'ESNA. Nos 
463-546. ESNA VI.1. Dessin des scenes par Laila 
Menassa.  Le Caire: Publications de L'Institut 
Francais D'Archeologue Orientale. 1975.  First 
edition. Quarto, original printed wrappers. 202 
pp. Transcriptions and plates of the Interior 
walls of the Temple of Esna. Many of the plates 
are folding plates. A fine copy.  $100.00

70..... SETHE, Kurt.  Die Altägyptischen 
Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrücken und 
Photographien des Berliner Museums. COMPLETE SET, 
Four volumes in Three.  Hildesheim: Georg Olms. 
1960.  Reprint of the first edition issued in 
1908-1922. Vol. I: Erster Band: Text, erste 
halfte: spruch 1-468 (Pyr. 1-905); Vol. II: 
Zweiter Band: Text, Zweite halfte: Spruch 469-714 
(pyr. 906-2217). Vol. III: Kritisher Apparat. Vol 
IV: Epigraphik. Quarto, 507 (V1) + 543 (V2) + 179 
(V3)+ 130 (V4) pp. original white cloth titled in 
gilt on spine panels. A few stains and light 
tanning to cloth, a very good set, complete.  $450.00

71..... SPIEGELBERG, Wilhelm. [Maspero, Gaston; 
Petrie, W.M. Flinders]  DIE NOVELLE IM ALTEN 
AEGYPTEN. Ein Litterar-Historischer Essay. [THE 
NOVEL IN ANCIENT EGYPT].  Strassburg: Karl J. 
Trubner. 1898.  First edition. Small octavo, 
original printed wrappers. 53 pp. + 2 pp ads. 
Study of ancient Egyptian Literature. "The entire 
material due here was collected and translated by 
Maspero and Flinders Petrie." From the foreword. 
The text is entirely in German. Light browning to 
wrappers, one small ownership stamp; a very good, 
crisp copy. Very uncommon.  $40.00

72..... TRESSON, Paul.  L'inscription d'Ouni, 
publiée avec aperçu grammatical, notes et 
glossaire.  Le Caire, Impr. de l'Institut 
français d'archéologie orientale. 1919.  First 
edition. Quarto, bound in brown cloth, leather 
label on spine, gilt titles. 48 pp., illustrated, 
1 plate at rear. Issued as Publications de 
l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. 
Bibliothèque d'étude publiee sous la direction de 
M. George Foucart. Tome 8.. Inscribed (apparantly 
by the author, although the signature is 
illegible) to Foucart on the front free endpaper. 
Binding a bit rubbed and worn; very good.  $100.00

73..... VARIOUS AUTHORS [Serge Sauneron, 
editor?].  Textes et langages de l'Egypte 
pharaonique  : cent cinquante annees de 
recherches, 1822-1972 : hommage a Jean-Francois 
Champollion  [Le Caire] [Cairo]: Institut 
francais d'archeologie orientale du Caire , 
[1974].  First edition. Three volumes bound 
together. Quarto, bound in brown pebbled cloth 
boards with leather spine, raised bands, gilt 
titles. 258pp + 222pp + 308 pp. Contributions in 
French, German, English and Italian. Includes 
bibliographical references. Issued as: 
Bibliotheque d'etude; tome 64, Parts 1, 2 and 3. 
Some spotting to binding, very good, internally clean and fine.  $150.00

74..... VELLAY, Charles.  Le culte et les fêtes 
d'Adônis-Thammouz dans l'Orient antique  Paris : 
E. Leroux. 1904.  First edition. Tall octavo, 
bound in contemporary (?) brown cloth, title 
label on spine, original wrappers bound in. 
Issued as Annales du Musée Guimet; Bibliothèque 
d'études, tome 16. Frontispiece, plates, text 
illustrations. A nice copy, very good and clean, 
partially unopened.  $125.00

75..... Vikentiev, 
Vladimir.  Bouloukiya-Gilgamish-naufrage. 
Rapports folkloriques arabes, babyloniens et 
egyptiens  Cairo : Université Égyptien. 
1948.  First edition. Octavo, bound in pebbled 
cloth boards with leather spine panel, raised 
bands, gilt titles. Front wrapper bound in. 54 
pp. A few pencil marks; very good copy. Rare.  $200.00

76..... WILKINSON, Sir J. Gardiner, F.R.S.  A 
POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. Revised 
and Abridged from his Larger Work. In Two 
Volumes. New Edition, Illustrated with Five 
Hundred Woodcuts.  London: John Murray. 
1890.  Reprint. Two volumes, octavo, original 
black cloth ruled and decorated in blind, gilt 
titles on spines. 419 + 438 pp., Index 
Frontispieces (vol II is a folding frontispiece). 
Fully illustrated with small woodcuts within the 
text. The standard popular edition of Wilkinson's 
epic work MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT 
EGYPTIANS. Inner hinges neatly repaired, corners 
a touch bumped, slight wear at spine ends and 
edges; a very good set.  $85.00

77..... WINLOCK, Herbert E.  Bas Reliefs from the 
Temple of Rameses I at Abydos  New York: The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1921.  First edition. 
Quarto, original printed wrapper. 54 pp + 11 
plates (some folding). Issued as The Metropolitan 
Museum of Art Papers, Volume I Part I. Wrappers 
frayed and worn, interior pages loosely bound. Very good.  $75.00

78..... Wiedemann, Dr. Alfred.  Geschichte 
Aegyptens von Psammetich I. bis auf Alexander den 
Grossen. nebst einer eingehenden Kritik der 
Quellen zur aegyptischen Geschichte.  Leipzig: 
Johan Ambrosius Barth. 1880.  First edition. 
Octavo, contemporary black cloth, leather spine. 
312 pp, index. Spine worn, but complete.  $55.00


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