Ebers, GeorgAegypten in Bild und Wort dargestellt von unseren ersten Künstlern. 2 vols. With 2 color lithographed maps, wood engraved portraits and numerous wood engravings in the text and on plates. Stuttgart and Leipzig, Hallberger, 1879-1880. 4 vols, VI, 387 p., 1 leaf, XII, 432 pp. Fol. OHalb leather bindings with rich spine and cover gilding as well as turquoise beads (some beads missing, rubbed and bumped, joints rubbed and partly torn, front cover white-stained). Egypt Ebers, Georg Aegypten in Bild und Wort dargestellt von unseren ersten Künstlern. 2 vols. With 2 color lithographed maps, wood engraved portraits and numerous wood engravings in the text and on plates. Stuttgart and Leipzig, Hallberger, 1879-1880. 4 vols, VI, 387 p., 1 leaf, XII, 432 pp. Fol. OHalb leather binding with rich gilt to spine and front cover and turquoise beads (some beads missing, rubbed and bumped, joints rubbed and partly torn, front cover white-stained). First edition. - Rümann 144 - Ibrahim Hilmy I, 205 - ADB LV, 469ff - The splendid plates (after L. Burger, F. Keller, F. v. Lenbach, H. Makart, C. Werner and others) show landscapes, monuments of art and inhabitants of ancient and modern Egypt. Ebers was an Egyptologist and conducted research trips to Egypt as a student of Richard Lepsius. - Reinforced inner joints, endpapers creased, vol. 1 with vertical crease almost throughout, somewhat browned due to paper, occasional minor fingerstaining. Egypt - With 2 lithogr. maps and many wood engravings. - Orig. half leather bindings with rich spine and cover gilding and turquoise pearls (some pearls missing, rubbed and bumped, joints scuffed and somewhat torn, front cover white-spotted). - The splendid plates (after L. Burger, F. Keller, F. v. Lenbach, H. Makart, C. Werner and others) show landscapes, artistic monuments and inhabitants of ancient and modern Egypt. Ebers was an Egyptologist and conducted research trips to Egypt as a student of Richard Lepsius. - Inner joints reinforced, endpapers creased, vol. 1 with vertical crease almost throughout, paper somewhat browned, occasional minor finger spotting.