[Egyptology]. BREASTED, James Henry

Egypt. A Journey through the Land of the Pharaohs

New York, Camera/Graphic Press Ltd, 1979 (new edition)/ 1905.

Quarto, 128 pages with over one hundred illustrations from stereographs by Underwood & Underwood.

Later papered boards reproducing the original cover design; ownership stamp and signature on early leaves; a very good copy.

Abridged from the original 1905 edition entitled 'Egypt through the Stereoscope'. Breasted was an associate of Howard Carter and was first to translate many of the hieroglyphic inscriptions in the tomb of Tutankhamun.

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