Author: Blackman, Aylward M., Michael R. Apted.
Title: The Rock Tombs of Meir. Volume V: The Tomb-Chapels A, No. 1 (That of Ni-'ankh-Pepi the Black); A, No. 2 (That of Pepi'onkh With the "Good Name" of Heny the Black); A, No. 4 (That of Hepi the Black); D, No. 1 (That of Pepi); and E, Nos. 1-4 (Those of Meniu, Nenki, Pepi'onkh and Tjetu). With 66 Plates. (Archaeological Survey of Egypt, 28th Memoir).
Description: London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Royal quarto. Pp. xi, 60. Plus 69 plates, of which 49 are mostly folding line drawings, one is coloured, and 16 are finely produced collotypes with a total of 37 images. Indices. HARDCOVER, bound in the original quarter orange cloth and printed grey boards. In fine, rather mint condition. A splendid copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Archaeological Survey of Egypt, 28th Memoir. Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. OSIRIS-1 .

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