De Memnone Graecorum, Et Aegyptiorum, Huiusque Celeberrima in Thebaide Statua Syntagmata III. Cum Figuris Aeneis

Jablonski, Paul Ernest; Iablonski, Pauli Ernesti

Verlag: Joannis Christiani Kleyb, Francofurti AD Viadrum, 1753

Beschreibung

2 blanks, [22], 122 pp 2 blanks. Small quarto, 9" x 7.5". Engraved printers mark on title page, 2 full page brass engraved plates of the Memnon Amenhotep III statue at Thebes by Bernigeroth. Various head and tails pieces. In possibly original binding, 3/4 leather. Brown leather spine covers with raised bands, gilt spine label, bit rubbed, leather corners rubbed away, marbled hard paper boards are a bit rubbed. Interior bookplate of Dean Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855) the famous English classical scholar. First free endpaper missing small piece at top edge. Lightly foxed and browned throughout, last two blanks never separated. OCLC 763141502. Son of a Protestant pastor, Jablonski (1693-1757) visited most of the libraries of Europe to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the Coptic language. He was a professor of philosophy, then of theology, and a Protestant minister in Frankfurt-on-Oder. Jablonski was intensely interested in Egyptian archaeology and produced this work on the Colossus of Memnon -- the famous pair of statues of Amenhotep III in Thebes - the Colossi of Memnon -- the northernmost of which is reported to cry out at dawn. In Latin with some Greek and the occasional Hebrew and Coptic. A good copy of a fairly scarce first edition with nice provenance. ; Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 122 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11260

Bibliografische Details

Titel: De Memnone Graecorum, Et Aegyptiorum, ...

Verlag: Joannis Christiani Kleyb, Francofurti AD Viadrum

Erscheinungsdatum: 1753

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Illustrated by Bernigeroth

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.