Breasted, James Henry; G. A. (George Andrew) Reisner; Paul Bovier-Lapierre. - The Edwin Smith Papyrus: An Egyptian Medical Treatise of the Seventeenth Century before Christ. ["Mostly written in bed with influenza."]. [BOUND WITH:] Discovery of the Tombs of the Egyptian XXVth Dynasty at el-Kurruw in Dongola Province. [AND WITH:] Les gisements paléolithiques de la plaine de l'Abbassieh. [THREE WORKS].

New York, Historical Society, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Crown quarto. Pp. 31. Plus frontispiece. With 9 illustrations and figures. HARDCOVER, bound in three-quarters cloth and marbled boards, bit soiled, gilt spine, small chafed patch. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Breasted's work appeared in The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin. [PRESENTATION COPY:] Breasted's amusing inscription "Mostly written in bed with influenza" is penned on the bound-in cover and signed by him. The name of the dedicate is slightly shaved and can't be easilly deciphered. [BOUND WITH:] George Andrew Reisner: "Discovery of the Tombs of the Egyptian XXVth Dynasty at el-Kurruw in Dongola Province." (Cairo, 1919). Extract from "Sudan Notes and Records". PP. 237-254. Plus 4 plate and one folding plan. [AND WITH:] Paul Bovier-Lapierre: "Les gisements paléolithiques de la plaine de l'Abbassieh." Extrait du Bulletin d'lnstitut d'Égypte, 1926. Pp. 257-275. With 9 figures. 008-5 .

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