Facsimile of an Egyptian hieratic papyrus of the reign of Rameses III, now in the British Museum

Extremely rare complete set of 2 volumes, James Henry Breasted's copy. British Museum, London, 1876. First edition. In-2. Text-volume: 29 pages. Plates volumes: 79 plates. Elephant folios, contemporary half-leather, boards are laterally damaged (partial loss of paper). Unlike in most copies, the text volume is bound separately and has its sheets cut into columns, while the text part normally bound together with the plates has 3 columns of text side by side on every text page. Moreover, the sheets are not logically ordered. A handwritten list at the end of the volume, probably by the hand of James Henry Breasted himself, attempts to correct this. The text and the plates are in excellent condition. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Van Siclen III, previously from the library of Egyptologist James Henry Breasted, with his bookplate on inside front cover of both volumes and his signature on title page of text volume (VSX). Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: New Kingdom, Language, Texts & Writing.