Egyptology.

Akerblad, J.D. Lettre sur l'inscription Égyptienne de Rosette. Paris, 1802--Beke, C.T. Abyssinia. A statement of facts. 1845; [Ibid.] Le Niger et le Nil. 1850; [Ibid.] An enquiry into M. Antoine d'Abbadie's journey to Kaffa. 1851--Brugsch, H. Nouvelles recherches sur la division de l'année des anciens Égyptiens. Berlin, 1856--Drouin, E. Les Hébreux en Égypte. Meaux, 1880--Gliddon, G.R. No.1. A memoir on the cotton of Egypt. 1841; [Ibid.] No.2. An appeal to Antiquaries of Europe on the destruction of the monuments of Egypt. 1841--[R. Hay Collection] W.R. Cooper, Esq. exhibited four cases containing twenty objects of interest from the collection of Egyptian Antiquities formed by the late R. Hay. 1870--Hodgson, W.B. Notes on Northern Africa, the Sahara and Soudan. New York, 1844--Hommel, F. Der babylonische Ursprung der ägyptischen Kultur. Munich, 1892--Lemm, O. von. Das ritualbuch des Ammondienstes. Leipzig, 1882--Lepsius, K.R. Zwei chronologische abhandlungen. Heidelberg, 1854--Lieblein, J. Deux papyrus hiératiques du Musée de Turin. [Oslo], 1868--Nash, D.W. On the antiquity of the Egyptian Calendar. [1849]--Piazzi Smyth, C. The Great Pyramid and the Royal Society. 1874--Pratt, W.S. Two essays on the columnar architecture of the Egyptians. [n.p., 1880]--Price, F.G.H. Notes upon some ancient Egyptian implements. [1884]--[Sale catalogue] A catalogue of the highly valuable, interesting and unique collection ... of Egyptian antiquities formed by M.E. Allemant, ci-devant interpreter to H.M. the late Sultan Abd-ul-aziz. 1878--[Sale catalogue] Bibliothèque Chinoise de M.A. Billequin. Paris, 1895--Seyffarth, G. Egyptian Theology. According to a Paris Mummy-coffin. [St. Louis, c.1879]--Simpson, W. Memoir of the late Joseph Bonomi. 1879--[Society for the Preservation of the Monuments of Ancient Egypt] Reservoirs in the Valley of the Nile. 1894--Wrey, H.B. A few pages on the Great Pyramid of Gizeh. Barnstaple, 1877--Yeats, G.P. The London Obelisk. 1884



All 8vo, and printed in London (except where stated), many plates and illustrations, the collection bound in 9 volumes, 8vo, late nineteenth-century half calf or cloth, most with original wrappers bound in, calf bindings worn and covers detached; sold as a collection, not subject to return

Society of Biblical Archaeology, London (founded 1870), bookplate in each volume; some pamphlets with small ink or blindstamp or presentation inscription on title

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A large collection of rare nineteenth-century pamphlets and catalogues on Egyptology from the library of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, including many presentation copies.

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