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Les Trois Sarcophages Du Fils Royal Merimes - Signed!
by Varille, Alexandre
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Le Caire (cairo): Imprimerie De L'Institut Français D'Archéologie Orientale. Fair with no dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. Offprint, Annales du Service des Antiquites de L'Egypte. T XLV. 15 pages + 11 plates including fold out plates. French text,. Scarce, only 3 copies on WorldCat. Signed by author to W. R. Dawson the well-known English Egyptologist and antiquarian. Original grey paper wrappers are sunned at edges, stapled binding, front cover starting to separate, edges chipped, top corner of front wrapper crumpled, text pages following are correspondingly bent. Varille (1909-1951) , a French Egyptologist, was a member of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale in Cairo. He excavated the gates of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy IV from the temple of Medamud, and had a promising career ahead of him, until a car accident ended his life in 1951. ; Service Des Antiquités De L'Égypt; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 15 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6552
- Title
- Les Trois Sarcophages Du Fils Royal Merimes - Signed!
- Author
- Varille, Alexandre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Imprimerie De L'Institut Français D'Archéologie Orientale
- Place of Publication
- Le Caire (cairo)
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Egypt, Egyptology, Archaeological, Archaeology, French, Ancient World, Burial, Pharaohs, Middle East
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture & Design; History: Ancient; History: Middle East/Near East; Anthropology/Archaeology; Egyptology; Language - Egyptian; Language - French;
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- Fair
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- Offprint
- A copy of an article or reference material that once appeared in a larger publication.
- Wrappers
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Sunned
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