EGYPTOLOGY WILKINSON (JOHN GARDNER) Materia hieroglyphica. Containing the Egyptian Pantheon, and the Succession of the Pharoahs, 2 parts in one vol., 1828-[1830]
EGYPTOLOGY
WILKINSON (JOHN GARDNER) Materia hieroglyphica. Containing the Egyptian Pantheon, and the Succession of the Pharoahs, 2 parts in one vol., first edition, lacks plates, 10 leaves of lithographed facsimiles, 2 lithographed addenda slips and one omission slip (of 2) tipped-in, occasional spotting, a few additional notes, probably in the author's hand, ownership inscription on front pastedown of Captain Rainier, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed [Blackmer 1800; Hilmy II, 330], small 4to, Malta, 1828-[1830]
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  • SCARCE. Wilkinson's earliest work on egyptology, published in a very small number at the author's own expense.

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