Author: Gardiner, Alan H., Kurt Sethe.
Title: Egyptian Letters to the Dead Mainly from the Old and Middle Kingdoms. Copied, Translated and Edited. I. Translations and General Descriptions; II. Philological Commentaries; III. Plates.
Description: London, Egypt Exploration Fund, 1928. Hardcover. Three parts. Folio. Pp. I: (viii), 12; II: 13-32; III: 10 single-sheet folio leaves, 9 of which are folded sheets of 38x56 cm, with a total of 17 plates. Text parts are set in double columns on untrimmed paper, some text figures. Placed in original portfolio, cloth over printed boards, with ties, bit shabby, spine faded and worn at head. In fine internal condition. Excellent, crisp interiors. ~ First edition. The photographic plates are printed in collotype, 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. Beinlich-Seeber 8298. X-3 .

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