[Rarebooks] FS: Joseph White's work on Egyptology. Oxford: 1801

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(EGYPTOLOGY) White, Joseph. AEGYPTICA: or Observations on Certain
Antiquities of Egypt. In Two Parts... Part I [all published]. Oxford:
At the University Press, for the Author. 1801. Lg. 4to.
(4),xvi,127,(1)pp. Some text in Arabic and Greek. Illustrated with 6
plates plus a folding map of Alexandria. Plates have some moderate
foxing &
spotting. Orig. marbled boards. Spine nicely rebacked in calf, with red
morocco label. Scarce.	$1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The "first part" is all that was published. Part I is the history of
Pompey's Pillar. Following this treatise are 3 appendices: "Amud
Issawari"; "Site of the Serapeum" and "The Pillar."

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