Author: Wilcken, Ulrich.
Title: Actenstucke Aus Der Koniglichen Bank Zu Theban / in Den Museen Von Berlin, London, Paris. Aus Den Abhandlungen Der Koenigl. Preuss. Akademie Der Wissenschaften Zu Berlin Vom Jahre 1886.
Description: Berlin: Verlag der Koenigl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1886. 1886. - Small quarto [11 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are darkened, chipped & a bit brittle with small pieces out of the top corners. 68 pages. The page corners are lightly creased & there is occasional foxing, else the contents are clean & bright. Good.

First edition.

Wilcken was an expert in the study of papyri. In this work, he deciphers and comments on an account of the activities of an ancient Theban bank. The commentary is in German with extensive extracts from the Greek text.

Rare. Good .

Keywords: ECONOMICS; BANKING; THEBES; HISTORY OF BANKING; MATHEMATICS; ACTENSTUCKE AUS DER KONIGLICHEN BANK ZU THEBAN; PPAPYROLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; PAPYRUS; PAPYRI; ULRICH WILCKEN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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