Naukratis. Part I (1884-5). [Together with] Part II (1885-6)
London, The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1888 (second edition)/ 1886, and 1888.
Large quarto, two volumes, iii-x (last blank), 100 and [iv], 92 pages with several tables plus 70 pages of plates (several tinted, 7 folding). Although the front cover of Part II advertises 'forty-five plates and plans', the plate list calls only for the 24 numbered plates present in this copy (and in others described elsewhere).
Quarter cloth and printed papered boards (Part I rebacked in modern cloth; Part II in modern quarter cloth and boards, with the trimmed original printed front and rear paper sides retained); boards of Part I a little stained and worn, lacking the half-title, with a cancelled library plate inside and blindstamps throughout; Part II has a library stamp on the front cover and a minor repair to the head of the title leaf; trifling signs of age and use; a decent set with a pictorial bookplate on the front pastedown of Part II.
Memoirs Number 3 and 6 in the Egypt Exploration Fund series; the lead author of the second volume is Ernest A. Gardner. [2 items].
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