AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS (2 Volume set, complete) (Collection of German Authors. Vol. 17)
by Ebers, Georg; translated from the German by by Eleanor Grove
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Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1868. Authorized Edition. Leather. Very Good. 1st edition, thus, Authorized Edition. 2 volume set, complete. A Very Good set. 12mo., [Vol.1] 302; [Vol.2] 322; [Vol.3] 448 pp. Bound in quarter red leather and marbled paper boards, with title and volume on the five compartment spines in gilt. All edges marbled. Yellow end papers. Moderate shelf wear, mostly at the tips, and spines' crowns. Spines darkened, with rubbing along the joints. Text pages age-toning, with occasional spots of browning/foxing. Hinges very strong.
German Egyptologist, George Ebers, popularized Egyptian lore by incorporating them into Historical Romances. THE DAUGHTER OF AN EGYPTIAN KING was his first work, translated into English (Eine ägyptische Königstochter). Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz, German publisher, paid the English authors for the works his company published, and agreed to limit their sales of English-language books to the European continent. In 1841, Tauchnitz started his English-language editions, with the series "Collection Of British Authors". Although Tauchnitz's editions were authorized, and listed as the 'Copyright Edition', they were not protected from copyright infringement and he could offer no such protection to the authors he paid.
German Egyptologist, George Ebers, popularized Egyptian lore by incorporating them into Historical Romances. THE DAUGHTER OF AN EGYPTIAN KING was his first work, translated into English (Eine ägyptische Königstochter). Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz, German publisher, paid the English authors for the works his company published, and agreed to limit their sales of English-language books to the European continent. In 1841, Tauchnitz started his English-language editions, with the series "Collection Of British Authors". Although Tauchnitz's editions were authorized, and listed as the 'Copyright Edition', they were not protected from copyright infringement and he could offer no such protection to the authors he paid.
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- Frey Fine Books (US)
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- Title
- AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS (2 Volume set, complete) (Collection of German Authors. Vol. 17)
- Author
- Ebers, Georg; translated from the German by by Eleanor Grove
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Authorized Edition
- Publisher
- Bernhard Tauchnitz
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1868
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
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- 12mo
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...