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In-8 p. (mm. 227x142), 3 volumi, elegante legatura in tela editoriale con decorazione in oro al piatto, pp. XXX,510; XII,516; XI,528; molto ben illustrato nel testo da 643 figure in bianco e nero e da 76 tavole di cui 9 a colori, nel testo e fuori testo, anche più volte ripieg.Cfr. Dawson and Uphill Who was who in Egyptology, p. 305: Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875), English Egyptologist and traveller, may be regarded as the real founder of Egyptology in Great Britain. He went to Egypt in 1821, where he remained no less than 12 years. Among his principal publications: The Manners and Customs of the ancient Egyptians including their private life, government, laws, arts, manufactures, religion, agriculture, and early history, derived from a comparison of the painting, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authors, published in 1837, in 3 volumes. This work obtained a big success and had a number of subsequent editions, of which that revised and corrected by Samuel Birch, 3 volls 1878, is the most popular. Firma di apparten. ms. ai frontesp.; alcune pagine con sottolineature a penna, ma certamente un buon esemplare.