Author: Theodore M. Davis
Title: Theodore M. Davis&Apos;S Excavations: Biban El Moluk: The Tomb of Siphtah; the Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya; the Tomb of Queen Tiyi
Description: London, Archibald Constable and Co. 1908-1910 . First edition. Cloth. Association copies of three scarce first edition volumes detailing Theodore M. Davis's excavations in the Valley of the Kings with beautifully illustrated plates. A presentation set, with the inscription "This and four other volumes were presented to Mr and Mrs Hobhouse by Mr Davis after meeting him at Thebes. Feby. 1911", to the verso of the front endpaper of 'The Tomb of Queen Tiyi&apos.Theodore M. Davis was an American lawyer who sponsored important excavations in the Valley of the Kings from 1902-1914, conducted by Howard Carter, Gaston Maspero and others. They discovered around thirty tombs, but after failing in his quest to find an intact royal tomb (he was only two metres away from discovering the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb) the management of excavations passed to Lord Carnarvon, in 1915.Present here are three richly illustrated volumes detailing the excavations. The first work here is the very scarce 1908 'The Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya&apos. Illustrated with thirty-four monochrome reproductions of the papyrus. Collated, complete. f hinge tenderThe second is the 1908 volume examining 'The Tomb of Siphtah; the Monkey Tomb and the Gold Tomb&apos. Illustrated with twenty-seven plates - including eleven chromolithographs - by E. Harold Jones. Collated, complete.The final volume, bearing the association inscription and published in 1910, examines the 'Tomb of Queen Tiyi&apos. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty five plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, bright. Bumping to back strip head and tails, with small instances of light fading to board perimeters. Mark to front joint of 'Siphtah&apos. Front hinge of 'Papyrus' a touch tender. Inscription to verso of front free endpaper of 'Tiyi&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: E. Harold Jones. Very Good .
Keywords: Egypt's Valley of the Kings ancient egypt egyptology ancient egypt E. Harold Jones
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Title: Theodore M. Davis&Apos;S Excavations: Biban El Moluk: The Tomb of Siphtah; the Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya; the Tomb of Queen Tiyi
Description: London, Archibald Constable and Co. 1908-1910 . First edition. Cloth. Association copies of three scarce first edition volumes detailing Theodore M. Davis's excavations in the Valley of the Kings with beautifully illustrated plates. A presentation set, with the inscription "This and four other volumes were presented to Mr and Mrs Hobhouse by Mr Davis after meeting him at Thebes. Feby. 1911", to the verso of the front endpaper of 'The Tomb of Queen Tiyi&apos.Theodore M. Davis was an American lawyer who sponsored important excavations in the Valley of the Kings from 1902-1914, conducted by Howard Carter, Gaston Maspero and others. They discovered around thirty tombs, but after failing in his quest to find an intact royal tomb (he was only two metres away from discovering the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb) the management of excavations passed to Lord Carnarvon, in 1915.Present here are three richly illustrated volumes detailing the excavations. The first work here is the very scarce 1908 'The Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya&apos. Illustrated with thirty-four monochrome reproductions of the papyrus. Collated, complete. f hinge tenderThe second is the 1908 volume examining 'The Tomb of Siphtah; the Monkey Tomb and the Gold Tomb&apos. Illustrated with twenty-seven plates - including eleven chromolithographs - by E. Harold Jones. Collated, complete.The final volume, bearing the association inscription and published in 1910, examines the 'Tomb of Queen Tiyi&apos. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty five plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, bright. Bumping to back strip head and tails, with small instances of light fading to board perimeters. Mark to front joint of 'Siphtah&apos. Front hinge of 'Papyrus' a touch tender. Inscription to verso of front free endpaper of 'Tiyi&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: E. Harold Jones. Very Good .
Keywords: Egypt's Valley of the Kings ancient egypt egyptology ancient egypt E. Harold Jones
Price: GBP 1850.00 = appr. US$ 2641.77 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 875F28
- Book number: 875F28
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