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Daguerre Savoie

109 - (Egypt) – 4 volumes
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(Egypt) – 4 volumes - MUNIER (Henri). Catalogue of the Library of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Cairo, 1928 (Reprinted 2009). In-8, [1 f], VII pp, 1010 columns, publisher’s cloth binding. This rich and comprehensive catalogue, laid out in two columns, is presented in the same style as the catalogue of printed works of the National Library. - BISSON DE LA ROQUE (F.). General Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in the Cairo Museum. Nos. 70501–70754. The Tôd Treasure. Cairo, Printing Office of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, 1950. Small folio, half-basane, plain spine with title running lengthwise, covers preserved [2 ff.], 58 pp., 29 plates. - FIECHTER (Jean-Jacques). Forgeries and Forgers in Egyptian Art. Turnhout (Belgium), 2005. In-4, IX, 318 pp, numerous illustrations, paperback. ‘This work is devoted to the history of the hunt for forgeries and the identification of major forgers, such as Oxan Aslanian, the “Master of Berlin”, who in the first half of the 20th century deceived more than one curator or collector. It is supplemented by a selection of around 200 characteristic examples of Egyptian works whose inauthenticity is generally recognised.” - IBRAHIM-HILMY. The Literature of Egypt and the Sudan from the earliest times to the year 1855 inclusive. A bibliography comprising printed books, periodical writings and papers of learned societies, maps and charts, ancient papyri, manuscripts, drawings, etc. London, 1886–1888 (Reprint, 2000). 2 parts in one sturdy in-8 volume, VIII, 398 pp and [1 f], 459 pp, in the publisher’s cloth binding. A considerable work that was previously impossible to find. Between 15 and 20,000 books and documents cited and described. Important items are accompanied by extensive commentary. Text set in two columns.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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