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	BERGER, JACQUES E., PARLASCA KLAUS, PINTAUDI, R. Al-Fayyum Milano, Italy, Franco Maria Ricci (FMR). 1995, Limited/Numbered NÂ°324 Over 500. (ISBN: 882620344) Clothbound in a Slipcase, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 168 pages - in French - illustrated with full-page color vignettes of these exceptional tomb paintings of the Greco-Roman period in Egypt - photos of these rare and most representative portraits were taken at the Egyptian Art Museum in Cairo - printed on hand-made paper. New -. CHF 420.00 [Appr.: EURO 277.75 US$ 416.22 \| £UK 250.25 \| JP¥ 36735] Book number: 000137 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BIERBRIER, M. L. ET AL Portraits and Masks - Burial Customs in Roman Egypt London, England, British Museum. 1997. (ISBN: 0714119040) softcover-, 30 x 21 cms. 180 pages - in English - 57 color and 89 duotone illustrations - a description of the life-like mummy portraits which were the focus of a colloquim organized in 1995 by the British Museum - essays by some 25 specialists on the people of Roman Fayum, their cemeteries, portraits, death, funerals, mysticism, the Marina El-Alemein necropolis, books of Toth, dating ancient papyrus, mechanical cleaning, conservation and much more - mummy portraits: examining the woodworker's craft, earlier plaster masks from Sinai, a comparison of mummies and their accompanying portraits using computerised axial tomography, and, mummy portraits old and new. New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 109.01 \| £UK 65.75 \| JP¥ 9621] Book number: 006198 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLOTTIÃˆRE, ALAIN Denis Dailleux - Fils De Roi - Portraits d'Egypte Paris, France, Gallimard. 2008. (ISBN: 9782070123148) pictorial hardcover-, 23 x 25 cms. oblong-. 128 pages - in French - 60 color plates - intimate portraits of modern-day Egyptians by French photographer Denis Dailleux - holy men, belly dancers, inner-city dwellers, devout Christians, restless youths and more - text by Alain BlottiÃ¨re. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 009381 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLOTTIERE, ALAIN Vintage Egypt - Cruising the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel Paris, France, Flammarion. 2009. (ISBN: 9782080301130) Wrappers-, 27.5 x 27.5 cms. square-. 216 pages - in English - around 200 duotone and sepia illustrations - 1900s to 1950's images of Egypt in the times of kings Fuad and Farouk, high tea in jasmine-draped gardens, Bugattis at the feet of the pyramids, belly dancing, luxury Nile cruises and other delights - bibliography. (For 2003 clothbound version of this book, see ISBN 2080108883). New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4373] Book number: 009177 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRUWIER, MARIE-CECILE Pharaons Noirs Mariemont, Belgium, Musee Royal De Mariemont. 2007. (ISBN: 2930469064) Wrappers -, 27.5 x 22.5 Cms. 330 pages - in French - Catalogue of the exhibition on Black Pharaons at the Royal Museum of Mariemont, Belgium from March to September 2007 - The exhibition reflects the art of the Nubians who dominated Egypt over a century around the middle of the 9th century BC - The Nubians were largely inspired by the pharaonic art, cult and traditions - Over 200 color illustrations of objects such as vases, sculptures, steles and weapons - photographs of various landscapes and portraits - drawings - explanatory maps - an excellent historical reference. New -. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 006081 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRUWIER, MARIE-CECILE Pharaons Noirs Mariemont, Belgium, Musee Royal De Mariemont. 2007. (ISBN: 2930469064) Wrappers -, 27.5 x 22.5 Cms. 330 pages - in French - Catalogue of the exhibition on Black Pharaons at the Royal Museum of Mariemont, Belgium from March to September 2007 - The exhibition reflects the art of the Nubians who dominated Egypt over a century around the middle of the 9th century BC - The Nubians were largely inspired by the pharaonic art, cult and traditions - Over 200 color illustrations of objects such as vases, sculptures, steles and weapons - photographs of various landscapes and portraits - drawings - explanatory maps - an excellent historical reference. New -. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 006144 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CANNUYER, CHRISTIAN Coptes Du Nil - Entre Les Pharaons et l'Islam Apt, France, L'Archange Minotaure. 2007. (ISBN: 9782354630065) Cloth-, 31 x 27 cms. 288 pages - in French - 217 color and duotone illustrations - photography by Nabil Boutros - with a cloth bookmark - Egyptian photographer Nabil Boutros (b.1954) spent over 10 years visiting Copts in Egypt and photographing them, their daily life, rituals, monasteries and more - text by noted Egyptologist and specialist on religions, Christian Cannuyer - preface by Edouard Al Kharrat - biblio, chronology, bios. of the authors and captions. New-/New-. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 106 US$ 158.56 \| £UK 95.5 \| JP¥ 13994] Book number: 007257 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CAPEL, ANNE K. ET AL Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven - Women in Ancient Egypt New York, Hudson Hills. 1996. (ISBN: 1555951295) Cloth, 31 x 23 Cms. 240 pages - in English - 117 colorplates and 112 b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 1996 -1997 showing at The Cincinnati Art Museum of paintings, sculptures, jewellery and other masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art relating to women - essays by Glenn E. Markoe and seven other specialists on the public and private lives of ancient Egyptian women, female royalty, goddesses, the afterlife, the legal status of women and more - chronology, map, biblio. and index. New -/New -. CHF 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 86 US$ 128.83 \| £UK 77.5 \| JP¥ 11370] Book number: 006209 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CASINI, MARIA ET AL Cento Anni in Egitto - Percorsi Dell'archeologia Italiana Milan, Italy, Electa. 2001. (ISBN: 8843578359) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 248 pages - in Italian - 251 mostly color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2001 showing at the Italian Institute in Cairo, Egypt of ancient Egyptian archeological sites and objects discovered by Italians since the mid-18th Century - essays by over 20 archeologists, Egyptologists and ancient art experts - pre-history, Ancient Egypt, Greco-Roman Egypt, papyrology, conservation of the patrimony, Italian studies at Cairo's Egyptian Museum and the archeological section of Cairo's Institute for Italian Culture - conclusions - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 124.00 [Appr.: EURO 82 US$ 122.88 \| £UK 74 \| JP¥ 10845] Book number: 003226 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COLINART, SYLVIE / MENU, MICHEL Couleur Dans la peinture et l'Emaillage de l'Egypte Ancienne (La) Bari, Italy, Edipuglia. 1998. (ISBN: 8872282012) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 205 pages - some chapters in French - others in English - published by the European University Centre for cultural heritage in Ravello, Italy - the Centre has developed different studies on the links between technologies and art as a reflexion on the unicity of culture - this is a meticulous analysis of the materials and technics used in colouring the paintings and enamels of Ancient Egypt (different minerals - chemical analysis - study on the "Egyptian blue", etc.) - extremely well documented survey by a number of international researchers and specialists - extended bibliographic and technological documentation. New -. CHF 62.00 [Appr.: EURO 41 US$ 61.44 \| £UK 37 \| JP¥ 5423] Book number: 001749 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	D'AURIA, SUE ET AL Mummies and Magic - the Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt Boston, USA, Museum of Fine Arts. 1988. (ISBN: 0878463038) Soft Cover, 28 x 21 Cms. 276 pages - in English - 8 color plates, 192 duotone ilustrations and 92 b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 1988 showings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Museum of Art in Dallas of ancient Egyptian mummies and funerary objects, incl. texts, figurines, pottery and paintings - architecture, history, meanings and different periods - modern radiographic evaluation of mummies, biblio. index. New -. CHF 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.57 \| £UK 28.75 \| JP¥ 4198] Book number: 004065 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DE GRYSE, BOB Karnak - 3000 Ans De Gloire Egyptienne Liege, Belgium, Editions Du Perron. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 2871140065) Cloth-, 32 x 24 Cms. 216 pages - in French - over 100 full-page color plates and various color figs. - an historian specialized in Mediterranean antiquity describes the ancient Egyptian holy site Karnak - origins of a myth, birth of a cult, Amon the timeless god, towards theocracy, the Book of the Dead, the marvellous Hypostyle Room, "too beautiful to be described", God's wife, and, a turning-point in history - glossary, evolution of archeological interest, comparative chronology, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 006826 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DESROCHES NOBLECOURT, CHRISTIANE Toutankhamon - Vie et Mort D'un Pharaon Paris, France, Pygmalion/GÃ©rard Watelet. 1988. (ISBN: 2857040121) Gold-Embossed Red Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 312 pages - in French - 75 color plates from photos by F.L. Kenett, 187 monochrome illustrations and 56 b/w figs. - a work by one of the world's leading Egyptologists on the legendary pharaoh Tutankamon who, thanks to the discovery of his tomb, has moved from a legendary name to a glorious one - a dazzling trove of golden coffins, furniture, funereal objects, jewellery, friezes, carvings and more - return to the past; the world of the dead and life in Western Thebes; the tomb; two capitals; the king who "spent his time drawing images of the gods"; the king's death and preparations for immortality; the queen with three wives and Horemheb's vengeance; players in the drama and much more - captions to the plates and illustrations - bibliography - index. As New -/As New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 \| £UK 34 \| JP¥ 4985] Book number: 003324 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DEWACHTER, MICHEL Pour Les Yeux d'Isis Paris, France, Reunion Des Musees Nationaux. 1998. (ISBN: 2711836282) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 119 pages - text in French - catalog of an exhibition held in France at the Museum of Fine Arts in Carcassonne, the Joseph DÃ©chelette Museum in Roanne and the Museum of Antiquities in Rouen - Isis, Osiris' widow and mother of Horus was one of the main Egyptian goddess - this exhibition is dedicated to the fascination that Egyptian art and culture exerted at the begining of the 19th century especially during Bonaparte's expeditions - history of seduction through Isis' eyes - color photographs of the objects exposed and essays - detailed catalog of the exposed objects. New -. CHF 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 US$ 34.69 \| £UK 21 \| JP¥ 3061] Book number: 001731 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DEWACHTER, MICHEL Pour Les Yeux d'Isis Paris, France, RÃ©union Des MusÃ©es Nationaux. 1998. (ISBN: 2711836282) Wrappers, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 120 pages - in French- catalogue of a tour exhibition in France, devoted to Isis, widow of Osiris and mother of Horus - the author proposes to follow through the eyes of Isis the evolution of the Occident's fascination for Egypt. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.66 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3324] Book number: 000090 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DONADONI, SERGIO Tebe Milan, Italy, Electa. 1990. (ISBN: 8843562096) Cloth-, 29 x 26 cms. 212 pages - in Italian - over 200 color illustrations and many b/w layouts and figs. - a learned description of the monuments, palaces, cities of the dead and other sites in the ancient Egyptian town of Thebes - dictionary, chronology and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 106 US$ 158.56 \| £UK 95.5 \| JP¥ 13994] Book number: 006203 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DOXIADIS, EUPHROSYNE Mysterious Fayum Portraits (The) - Faces from Ancient Egypt London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1995. (ISBN: 0500237131) Silver-embossed Cloth, 33 x 25 Cms. 248 pages - in English - 274 illustrations, incl. 124 in color - nearly 200 easel-painting portraits which accompanied mummies of Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Syrians, Libyans, Nubians and Jews who lived in Roman Egypt during the first three centuries AD - Graeco-Roman Egypt, the portraits, the find-sites and commentaries on the portraits - maps, problems in dating mummies,costumes, hairstyles, jewellery, notes, biblio. and indexes. New-/New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.75 US$ 138.74 \| £UK 83.5 \| JP¥ 12245] Book number: 004332 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FABER, MONICGRINSELL, LESLIE Egyptian Pyramids Gloucester, U.K. John Bellows. 1947. Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 198 pages - 14 duotone plates and many b/w figs. - a major, learned work on the Egyptian pyramids - the pyramid complex; origins, development and decline; construction; the pyramid texts; topographies ofGÃ®za, ZÃ¢wyet El 'Aryan to Abu SÃ®r, North SaqquÃ¢ra, South SaqquÃ¢ra, DashÃ»r, Lisht, MaidÃ»m and FaiyÃ»m pyramids - museums - chronological plates. Very Good. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 \| £UK 34 \| JP¥ 4985] Book number: 002699 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FAULKNER, R. O. Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (The) London, England, British Museum Press. 2000. (ISBN: 0714109640) softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 192 pages - in English - 60 color and 85 b/w illustrations - noted Egyptologist R.O. Faulkner, who died in 1982, describes one the greatest treasures of the British Museum, the Book of the Dead, whose aim was to guide the deceased to a satisfactory afterlife and finely illustrated copies of which were discovered in the tombs of important Egyptians list of spells - the spells - introductory hymn to the sun-god Re- introductory hymn to Osiris - glossary. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 006197 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FRANCO, ISABELLE Grands Pharaons (Les) et Leurs Oeuvres Paris, France, Pygmalion/GÃ©rard Watelet. 2001. (ISBN: 285704691X) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 328 pages - in French - numerous b/w illustrations - a dictionary of the Egyptian pharaohs - chronology - glossary - bibliography - index - the pharaohs are presented in alphabetical order, with a summary of their historical environment and details of the monuments they are associated with - a book for those interested in ancient Egypt, tourists and museum visitors - the author is a doctor in egyptology and a scientific researcher. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.66 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3324] Book number: 001762 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FRIEDMAN, FLORENCE DUNN ET AL Gifts of the Nile - Ancient Egyptian Faience London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1998. (ISBN: 0500237549) Silver-embossed Cloth, 32 x 24 Cms. 288 pages - in English - 483 illustrations, incl. 224 in color - over 200 beautiful ancient Egyptian faience objects from museums and collections throughout the world, including amulets, chalices, jewelry, figurines, inkwells, dolls, game boards, inlays and tiles - essays by five specialists on ancient Egyptian faience, symbols, meanings, design, uses, Nubian faience, materials and technology - plates - maps, appendix, glossary, biblio. concordance and index. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 006421 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GERMOND, PHILIPPE ET LIVET JACQUES An Egyptian Bestiary London, UK, Thames & Hudson. 2001. (ISBN: 0500510598) Cloth, 33 x 26 cms. 224 pages - in English - 280 color illustrations - aminals in secular and sacred world ancient Egypt as human resource , companion; sacred animals such as sheep and goats, cattle, felines, dogs, monkeys, birds and insects- list of pricipal gods and their animal representation - chronology, biblio. and index. New -/New -. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 006210 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GERMOND, PHILIPPE Egyptian Amulets (The Symbolic World Of) Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2005. (ISBN: 9788874392445) Cloth-, 22 x 22 cms.square-. 156 pages - in English - 83 color illustrations, mostly plates - a noted Egyptologist describes the beliefs, deities and Neter, universal divine harmony, attached to ancient Egyptian amulets - featuring fine pieces from the Jacques-Ã‰douard Berger Collection - origins, Egyptian names, "classification", the Berger Collection, divinities, and, more - plates - simplified Egyptian chronology, biblio. and glossary. New-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 009219 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GODDIO, FRANCK ET AL Tresors Engloutis d'Egypte Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2006. (ISBN: 2020912651) hardcover-, 29 x 25 Cms. 344 pages - in French - 486 color illustrations - photography by Christoph Gerigk - published to coincide with the 2006 showing at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, of nearly 500 ancient Egyptian objects, retrieved by Franck Goddio in 1996 from the sea bed near Alexandria, Egypt, which had been underwater since the 8th Century, including huge statues, ceramics, ritual objects, jewelry and the furnishings of a Ptolemaic temple - from myths to retrieval - in the heart of sanctuaries: religion and beliefs - cities, ports and palaces - from retrieval to showing: restoration and conservation - list of works, chronology, Egyptian pantheon, glossary and bibliography. New-. CHF 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 84.24 \| £UK 50.75 \| JP¥ 7434] Book number: 006491 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HAWASS, ZAHI Royal Tombs of Egypt (The) - the Art of Thebes Revealed London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2006. (ISBN: 0500513228) hardcover-, 32.5 x 28 cms. 316 pages - in English - over 300 color illustrations, incl. 30 foldouts of which one 6-page panorama - photography by Zahi Hawass - a history and description by Egypt's top Egyptologist of the wall paintings, murals, esoteric Netherworld books and other objects in the royal tombs in Egypts Valley of Kings - building and equipping the royal tomb, images of the king with gods, the Book of Amduat, the Book of Gates, the Book of Caverns, the Book of the Earth, the Litanies of Re, the Book of the Dead, the Book of the Heavens, and, saving the Valley of the Kings - glossary, list of illustrations and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 008049 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.

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	BERGER, JACQUES E., PARLASCA KLAUS, PINTAUDI, R. Al-Fayyum Milano, Italy, Franco Maria Ricci (FMR). 1995, Limited/Numbered NÂ°324 Over 500. (ISBN: 882620344) Clothbound in a Slipcase, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 168 pages - in French - illustrated with full-page color vignettes of these exceptional tomb paintings of the Greco-Roman period in Egypt - photos of these rare and most representative portraits were taken at the Egyptian Art Museum in Cairo - printed on hand-made paper. New -. CHF 420.00 [Appr.: EURO 277.75 US$ 416.22 \| £UK 250.25 \| JP¥ 36735] Book number: 000137 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BIERBRIER, M. L. ET AL Portraits and Masks - Burial Customs in Roman Egypt London, England, British Museum. 1997. (ISBN: 0714119040) softcover-, 30 x 21 cms. 180 pages - in English - 57 color and 89 duotone illustrations - a description of the life-like mummy portraits which were the focus of a colloquim organized in 1995 by the British Museum - essays by some 25 specialists on the people of Roman Fayum, their cemeteries, portraits, death, funerals, mysticism, the Marina El-Alemein necropolis, books of Toth, dating ancient papyrus, mechanical cleaning, conservation and much more - mummy portraits: examining the woodworker's craft, earlier plaster masks from Sinai, a comparison of mummies and their accompanying portraits using computerised axial tomography, and, mummy portraits old and new. New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 109.01 \| £UK 65.75 \| JP¥ 9621] Book number: 006198 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLOTTIÃˆRE, ALAIN Denis Dailleux - Fils De Roi - Portraits d'Egypte Paris, France, Gallimard. 2008. (ISBN: 9782070123148) pictorial hardcover-, 23 x 25 cms. oblong-. 128 pages - in French - 60 color plates - intimate portraits of modern-day Egyptians by French photographer Denis Dailleux - holy men, belly dancers, inner-city dwellers, devout Christians, restless youths and more - text by Alain BlottiÃ¨re. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 009381 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLOTTIERE, ALAIN Vintage Egypt - Cruising the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel Paris, France, Flammarion. 2009. (ISBN: 9782080301130) Wrappers-, 27.5 x 27.5 cms. square-. 216 pages - in English - around 200 duotone and sepia illustrations - 1900s to 1950's images of Egypt in the times of kings Fuad and Farouk, high tea in jasmine-draped gardens, Bugattis at the feet of the pyramids, belly dancing, luxury Nile cruises and other delights - bibliography. (For 2003 clothbound version of this book, see ISBN 2080108883). New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4373] Book number: 009177 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRUWIER, MARIE-CECILE Pharaons Noirs Mariemont, Belgium, Musee Royal De Mariemont. 2007. (ISBN: 2930469064) Wrappers -, 27.5 x 22.5 Cms. 330 pages - in French - Catalogue of the exhibition on Black Pharaons at the Royal Museum of Mariemont, Belgium from March to September 2007 - The exhibition reflects the art of the Nubians who dominated Egypt over a century around the middle of the 9th century BC - The Nubians were largely inspired by the pharaonic art, cult and traditions - Over 200 color illustrations of objects such as vases, sculptures, steles and weapons - photographs of various landscapes and portraits - drawings - explanatory maps - an excellent historical reference. New -. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 006081 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRUWIER, MARIE-CECILE Pharaons Noirs Mariemont, Belgium, Musee Royal De Mariemont. 2007. (ISBN: 2930469064) Wrappers -, 27.5 x 22.5 Cms. 330 pages - in French - Catalogue of the exhibition on Black Pharaons at the Royal Museum of Mariemont, Belgium from March to September 2007 - The exhibition reflects the art of the Nubians who dominated Egypt over a century around the middle of the 9th century BC - The Nubians were largely inspired by the pharaonic art, cult and traditions - Over 200 color illustrations of objects such as vases, sculptures, steles and weapons - photographs of various landscapes and portraits - drawings - explanatory maps - an excellent historical reference. New -. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 006144 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CANNUYER, CHRISTIAN Coptes Du Nil - Entre Les Pharaons et l'Islam Apt, France, L'Archange Minotaure. 2007. (ISBN: 9782354630065) Cloth-, 31 x 27 cms. 288 pages - in French - 217 color and duotone illustrations - photography by Nabil Boutros - with a cloth bookmark - Egyptian photographer Nabil Boutros (b.1954) spent over 10 years visiting Copts in Egypt and photographing them, their daily life, rituals, monasteries and more - text by noted Egyptologist and specialist on religions, Christian Cannuyer - preface by Edouard Al Kharrat - biblio, chronology, bios. of the authors and captions. New-/New-. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 106 US$ 158.56 \| £UK 95.5 \| JP¥ 13994] Book number: 007257 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CAPEL, ANNE K. ET AL Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven - Women in Ancient Egypt New York, Hudson Hills. 1996. (ISBN: 1555951295) Cloth, 31 x 23 Cms. 240 pages - in English - 117 colorplates and 112 b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 1996 -1997 showing at The Cincinnati Art Museum of paintings, sculptures, jewellery and other masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art relating to women - essays by Glenn E. Markoe and seven other specialists on the public and private lives of ancient Egyptian women, female royalty, goddesses, the afterlife, the legal status of women and more - chronology, map, biblio. and index. New -/New -. CHF 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 86 US$ 128.83 \| £UK 77.5 \| JP¥ 11370] Book number: 006209 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CASINI, MARIA ET AL Cento Anni in Egitto - Percorsi Dell'archeologia Italiana Milan, Italy, Electa. 2001. (ISBN: 8843578359) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 248 pages - in Italian - 251 mostly color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2001 showing at the Italian Institute in Cairo, Egypt of ancient Egyptian archeological sites and objects discovered by Italians since the mid-18th Century - essays by over 20 archeologists, Egyptologists and ancient art experts - pre-history, Ancient Egypt, Greco-Roman Egypt, papyrology, conservation of the patrimony, Italian studies at Cairo's Egyptian Museum and the archeological section of Cairo's Institute for Italian Culture - conclusions - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 124.00 [Appr.: EURO 82 US$ 122.88 \| £UK 74 \| JP¥ 10845] Book number: 003226 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COLINART, SYLVIE / MENU, MICHEL Couleur Dans la peinture et l'Emaillage de l'Egypte Ancienne (La) Bari, Italy, Edipuglia. 1998. (ISBN: 8872282012) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 205 pages - some chapters in French - others in English - published by the European University Centre for cultural heritage in Ravello, Italy - the Centre has developed different studies on the links between technologies and art as a reflexion on the unicity of culture - this is a meticulous analysis of the materials and technics used in colouring the paintings and enamels of Ancient Egypt (different minerals - chemical analysis - study on the "Egyptian blue", etc.) - extremely well documented survey by a number of international researchers and specialists - extended bibliographic and technological documentation. New -. CHF 62.00 [Appr.: EURO 41 US$ 61.44 \| £UK 37 \| JP¥ 5423] Book number: 001749 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	D'AURIA, SUE ET AL Mummies and Magic - the Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt Boston, USA, Museum of Fine Arts. 1988. (ISBN: 0878463038) Soft Cover, 28 x 21 Cms. 276 pages - in English - 8 color plates, 192 duotone ilustrations and 92 b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 1988 showings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Museum of Art in Dallas of ancient Egyptian mummies and funerary objects, incl. texts, figurines, pottery and paintings - architecture, history, meanings and different periods - modern radiographic evaluation of mummies, biblio. index. New -. CHF 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.57 \| £UK 28.75 \| JP¥ 4198] Book number: 004065 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DE GRYSE, BOB Karnak - 3000 Ans De Gloire Egyptienne Liege, Belgium, Editions Du Perron. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 2871140065) Cloth-, 32 x 24 Cms. 216 pages - in French - over 100 full-page color plates and various color figs. - an historian specialized in Mediterranean antiquity describes the ancient Egyptian holy site Karnak - origins of a myth, birth of a cult, Amon the timeless god, towards theocracy, the Book of the Dead, the marvellous Hypostyle Room, "too beautiful to be described", God's wife, and, a turning-point in history - glossary, evolution of archeological interest, comparative chronology, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 006826 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DESROCHES NOBLECOURT, CHRISTIANE Toutankhamon - Vie et Mort D'un Pharaon Paris, France, Pygmalion/GÃ©rard Watelet. 1988. (ISBN: 2857040121) Gold-Embossed Red Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 312 pages - in French - 75 color plates from photos by F.L. Kenett, 187 monochrome illustrations and 56 b/w figs. - a work by one of the world's leading Egyptologists on the legendary pharaoh Tutankamon who, thanks to the discovery of his tomb, has moved from a legendary name to a glorious one - a dazzling trove of golden coffins, furniture, funereal objects, jewellery, friezes, carvings and more - return to the past; the world of the dead and life in Western Thebes; the tomb; two capitals; the king who "spent his time drawing images of the gods"; the king's death and preparations for immortality; the queen with three wives and Horemheb's vengeance; players in the drama and much more - captions to the plates and illustrations - bibliography - index. As New -/As New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 \| £UK 34 \| JP¥ 4985] Book number: 003324 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DEWACHTER, MICHEL Pour Les Yeux d'Isis Paris, France, Reunion Des Musees Nationaux. 1998. (ISBN: 2711836282) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 119 pages - text in French - catalog of an exhibition held in France at the Museum of Fine Arts in Carcassonne, the Joseph DÃ©chelette Museum in Roanne and the Museum of Antiquities in Rouen - Isis, Osiris' widow and mother of Horus was one of the main Egyptian goddess - this exhibition is dedicated to the fascination that Egyptian art and culture exerted at the begining of the 19th century especially during Bonaparte's expeditions - history of seduction through Isis' eyes - color photographs of the objects exposed and essays - detailed catalog of the exposed objects. New -. CHF 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 US$ 34.69 \| £UK 21 \| JP¥ 3061] Book number: 001731 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DEWACHTER, MICHEL Pour Les Yeux d'Isis Paris, France, RÃ©union Des MusÃ©es Nationaux. 1998. (ISBN: 2711836282) Wrappers, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 120 pages - in French- catalogue of a tour exhibition in France, devoted to Isis, widow of Osiris and mother of Horus - the author proposes to follow through the eyes of Isis the evolution of the Occident's fascination for Egypt. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.66 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3324] Book number: 000090 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DONADONI, SERGIO Tebe Milan, Italy, Electa. 1990. (ISBN: 8843562096) Cloth-, 29 x 26 cms. 212 pages - in Italian - over 200 color illustrations and many b/w layouts and figs. - a learned description of the monuments, palaces, cities of the dead and other sites in the ancient Egyptian town of Thebes - dictionary, chronology and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 106 US$ 158.56 \| £UK 95.5 \| JP¥ 13994] Book number: 006203 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DOXIADIS, EUPHROSYNE Mysterious Fayum Portraits (The) - Faces from Ancient Egypt London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1995. (ISBN: 0500237131) Silver-embossed Cloth, 33 x 25 Cms. 248 pages - in English - 274 illustrations, incl. 124 in color - nearly 200 easel-painting portraits which accompanied mummies of Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Syrians, Libyans, Nubians and Jews who lived in Roman Egypt during the first three centuries AD - Graeco-Roman Egypt, the portraits, the find-sites and commentaries on the portraits - maps, problems in dating mummies,costumes, hairstyles, jewellery, notes, biblio. and indexes. New-/New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.75 US$ 138.74 \| £UK 83.5 \| JP¥ 12245] Book number: 004332 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FABER, MONICGRINSELL, LESLIE Egyptian Pyramids Gloucester, U.K. John Bellows. 1947. Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 198 pages - 14 duotone plates and many b/w figs. - a major, learned work on the Egyptian pyramids - the pyramid complex; origins, development and decline; construction; the pyramid texts; topographies ofGÃ®za, ZÃ¢wyet El 'Aryan to Abu SÃ®r, North SaqquÃ¢ra, South SaqquÃ¢ra, DashÃ»r, Lisht, MaidÃ»m and FaiyÃ»m pyramids - museums - chronological plates. Very Good. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 \| £UK 34 \| JP¥ 4985] Book number: 002699 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FAULKNER, R. O. Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (The) London, England, British Museum Press. 2000. (ISBN: 0714109640) softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 192 pages - in English - 60 color and 85 b/w illustrations - noted Egyptologist R.O. Faulkner, who died in 1982, describes one the greatest treasures of the British Museum, the Book of the Dead, whose aim was to guide the deceased to a satisfactory afterlife and finely illustrated copies of which were discovered in the tombs of important Egyptians list of spells - the spells - introductory hymn to the sun-god Re- introductory hymn to Osiris - glossary. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 006197 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FRANCO, ISABELLE Grands Pharaons (Les) et Leurs Oeuvres Paris, France, Pygmalion/GÃ©rard Watelet. 2001. (ISBN: 285704691X) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 328 pages - in French - numerous b/w illustrations - a dictionary of the Egyptian pharaohs - chronology - glossary - bibliography - index - the pharaohs are presented in alphabetical order, with a summary of their historical environment and details of the monuments they are associated with - a book for those interested in ancient Egypt, tourists and museum visitors - the author is a doctor in egyptology and a scientific researcher. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.66 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3324] Book number: 001762 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FRIEDMAN, FLORENCE DUNN ET AL Gifts of the Nile - Ancient Egyptian Faience London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1998. (ISBN: 0500237549) Silver-embossed Cloth, 32 x 24 Cms. 288 pages - in English - 483 illustrations, incl. 224 in color - over 200 beautiful ancient Egyptian faience objects from museums and collections throughout the world, including amulets, chalices, jewelry, figurines, inkwells, dolls, game boards, inlays and tiles - essays by five specialists on ancient Egyptian faience, symbols, meanings, design, uses, Nubian faience, materials and technology - plates - maps, appendix, glossary, biblio. concordance and index. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 006421 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GERMOND, PHILIPPE ET LIVET JACQUES An Egyptian Bestiary London, UK, Thames & Hudson. 2001. (ISBN: 0500510598) Cloth, 33 x 26 cms. 224 pages - in English - 280 color illustrations - aminals in secular and sacred world ancient Egypt as human resource , companion; sacred animals such as sheep and goats, cattle, felines, dogs, monkeys, birds and insects- list of pricipal gods and their animal representation - chronology, biblio. and index. New -/New -. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 006210 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GERMOND, PHILIPPE Egyptian Amulets (The Symbolic World Of) Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2005. (ISBN: 9788874392445) Cloth-, 22 x 22 cms.square-. 156 pages - in English - 83 color illustrations, mostly plates - a noted Egyptologist describes the beliefs, deities and Neter, universal divine harmony, attached to ancient Egyptian amulets - featuring fine pieces from the Jacques-Ã‰douard Berger Collection - origins, Egyptian names, "classification", the Berger Collection, divinities, and, more - plates - simplified Egyptian chronology, biblio. and glossary. New-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 009219 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GODDIO, FRANCK ET AL Tresors Engloutis d'Egypte Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2006. (ISBN: 2020912651) hardcover-, 29 x 25 Cms. 344 pages - in French - 486 color illustrations - photography by Christoph Gerigk - published to coincide with the 2006 showing at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, of nearly 500 ancient Egyptian objects, retrieved by Franck Goddio in 1996 from the sea bed near Alexandria, Egypt, which had been underwater since the 8th Century, including huge statues, ceramics, ritual objects, jewelry and the furnishings of a Ptolemaic temple - from myths to retrieval - in the heart of sanctuaries: religion and beliefs - cities, ports and palaces - from retrieval to showing: restoration and conservation - list of works, chronology, Egyptian pantheon, glossary and bibliography. New-. CHF 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 84.24 \| £UK 50.75 \| JP¥ 7434] Book number: 006491 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HAWASS, ZAHI Royal Tombs of Egypt (The) - the Art of Thebes Revealed London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2006. (ISBN: 0500513228) hardcover-, 32.5 x 28 cms. 316 pages - in English - over 300 color illustrations, incl. 30 foldouts of which one 6-page panorama - photography by Zahi Hawass - a history and description by Egypt's top Egyptologist of the wall paintings, murals, esoteric Netherworld books and other objects in the royal tombs in Egypts Valley of Kings - building and equipping the royal tomb, images of the king with gods, the Book of Amduat, the Book of Gates, the Book of Caverns, the Book of the Earth, the Litanies of Re, the Book of the Dead, the Book of the Heavens, and, saving the Valley of the Kings - glossary, list of illustrations and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 008049 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.