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Perring's Pyramids of Gizeh large folio 1839-42

Title: The Pyramids of Gizeh, From Actual Survey and Admeasurement... Illustrated by notes and references to the several plans with sketches taken on the spot, by E.J. Andrews
Author: Perring, James Ernest
Description: 3 parts in 1. With 59 plates & maps in all. Part 1 with title-page, list of plates, map on 2 double-page sheets, 7 fold-out text pages, & 16 double-page plates; Part 2 with title-page, list of plates, 15 fold-out text pages, & 19 double-page plates; Part 3 with title-page, preface/list of plates, 24 fold-out text pages, & 22 double-pages plates. All plates and maps are lithographed, some with sepia. (folio) 23¾x17½, period cloth, modern morocco spine and corners.Exceptional copy of perhaps the greatest work devoted to the pyramids of Giza in Egypt, being the first scientific measurement and mapping of the Great Pyramid and its smaller neighbors. The magnificent plates show the pyramids and surrounding areas, the interior plans and details, etc. Quite rare in complete form with all three parts and all its plates: WordCat lists only two complete copies, at Cambridge University and the National Library of Sweden. Because of its large size, the book is quite fragile, and even incomplete copies are usually quite worn, with pages chipped and torn, which is not the case with the present copy. The three parts are: Pt.1. The Great Pyramid -- Pt.2. The second and third pyramids, the three smaller to the southward of the third and the three to the eastward of the Great Pyramid -- Pt.3. The pyramids to the southward of Gizeh and at Abous Roash ; also, Campbell's tomb, and a section of the rock at Gizeh ... accompanied by remarks on the hieroglyphics by S. Birch.
Heading: (Pyramids)Place Published: London
Publisher: James Fraser
Date Published: 1839-1842