EBERS (Georges).
EBERS (Georges).
Egypt. Alexandria and Cairo. - From Cairo to Philæ.
Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1880-1881. 2 volumes in-folio, green and red half-chagrin, both covers richly illustrated with special irons representing the sphinx, the pyramids and an Egyptian felucca, gilt edges (Engel).
Chadenat I, 819.
First edition, illustrated with 2 maps, 664 woodcuts of which 134 full-page.
Georges Ebers was one of the first German Egyptologists and gathered around him a real Egyptological school. From his frequent travels, he also wrote historical novels illustrating scenes of Egyptian life. A very beautiful publication with a preface by Ebers in the first volume and by Maspero in the second.
Beautiful publisher's bindings decorated by A. Souze.
A fine copy, despite some minor rubbing to the hinges, jaws cracked.
