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WILKINSON, John Gardner, Sir (1797-1875).

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500 $ - 700 $
Zuschlagspreis:
625 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 169

WILKINSON, John Gardner, Sir (1797-1875).

Schätzpreis
500 $ - 700 $
Zuschlagspreis:
625 $
Beschreibung:

WILKINSON, John Gardner Sir (1797-1875). Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. London: John Murray 1837. 3 volumes, 8vo (214 x 132 mm). 17 lithographic plates (including 7 chromolithographic, one tinted, 3 folding), numerous in-text illustrations, errata tipped in to vols.II and III. (Some light offsetting, plate 7 trimmed close touching imprint, lacking ads to vol.III.) Publisher's green morocco gilt, sides with central gilt Egyptian, smooth spines gilt-lettered with lotus motif, edges gilt (some very minor wear). FIRST EDITION of the first series of Wilkinson's profusely illustrated work about Egypt. Wilkinson lived in Egypt for twelve years, participating in excavations at Thebes, and visiting Nubia and the Cataracts. Copies in leather bindings decorated in the same style as copies in publisher's cloth are rare on the market at auction. Estimate $ 500-700

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 169
Auktion:
Datum:
01.05.2018
Auktionshaus:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
1338 West Lake Street
Chicago IL 60607
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@lesliehindman.com
+1 (0)312 280 1212
Beschreibung:

WILKINSON, John Gardner Sir (1797-1875). Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. London: John Murray 1837. 3 volumes, 8vo (214 x 132 mm). 17 lithographic plates (including 7 chromolithographic, one tinted, 3 folding), numerous in-text illustrations, errata tipped in to vols.II and III. (Some light offsetting, plate 7 trimmed close touching imprint, lacking ads to vol.III.) Publisher's green morocco gilt, sides with central gilt Egyptian, smooth spines gilt-lettered with lotus motif, edges gilt (some very minor wear). FIRST EDITION of the first series of Wilkinson's profusely illustrated work about Egypt. Wilkinson lived in Egypt for twelve years, participating in excavations at Thebes, and visiting Nubia and the Cataracts. Copies in leather bindings decorated in the same style as copies in publisher's cloth are rare on the market at auction. Estimate $ 500-700

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 169
Auktion:
Datum:
01.05.2018
Auktionshaus:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
1338 West Lake Street
Chicago IL 60607
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@lesliehindman.com
+1 (0)312 280 1212
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