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309 - Egypt. MEMOIRS presented and read at the Egyptian Institute.…
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Egypt. MEMOIRS presented and read at the Egyptian Institute. Published under the auspices of His Highness Mehmed Thewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt. Cairo, [1862]–1889. 2 vols. in-4, 754 pp. and 821 pp., numerous off-the-press illustrations, red half-shagreen, ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Slight signs of wear. Restoration to the upper corners of the first few pages of Volume I; the title page of the first volume is missing. The main papers in this interesting collection of essays on various fields of knowledge relating to Egypt are as follows: I. SCHNEPP (B.): Studies on the Climate of Egypt (I, 177–368). – II. SCHNEPP: Considerations on Population Movement in Egypt (I, 525–600). - III. PENSA (Guglielmo): On the diseases that prevailed in Alexandria, Egypt, in the year 1860, and in particular on an extraordinary abdominal influenza (I, 601–686). - IV. ASCHERSON (P.) and G. SCHEINFURTH: An illustration of the flora of Egypt (II, 25–260, with a supplement ibid., 745–821). - V. AMELINEAU (Ernest): A Bishop of Keft in the 7th century (II, 261–424). - VI. ROCHEMONTEIX: Some Nubian Tales (II, 43–550). The first two volumes of this journal.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 1 of 4 – Nos. 1 to 549
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Auction time 08/19/2026 at 11:00 AM
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