Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition: the Collection of Chet Ross
Thu, Oct 12, 2023 12:00PM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 252
BURTON, James (1788-1860). Excerpta Hieroglyphica. [Cairo: ...
Estimate: $600 - $800
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BURTON, James (1788-1860). Excerpta Hieroglyphica. [Cairo: privately printed, 1825-29]. 4 parts in one, oblong 4to. Half-title, 4 titles for each part, 48 (of 61?) engraved plates, 7 folding (2 plates dampstained, some marginal soiling). Modern quarter niger, marbled sides (corners rubbed). Provenance: Gloucestershire County Library (stamp on half-title); Robert H. Miller (bookplate covering stamp). FIRST EDITION of the ?first fairly accurate collection of hieroglyphic inscriptions for use by those who were trying to understand the ancient language. [Burton?s] book was printed as a series of plates and these were distributed to scholars and his friends? (Starkey, Travellers in Egypt, 85-90, emphasis added). A rare title of the Egyptologists first work containing the virtually unobtainable fourth part.
