[3 vols. on EGYPT, one EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED]

Offered for sale by Adam Langlands of 'Shadowrock Rare Books' - for more information please contact him via email at [email protected] 

William OSBURN (1793-1875). [EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED]. The Antiquities of Egypt: with a particular notice of those that illustrate the sacred scriptures. London: The Religious Tract Society, 1847. Octavo (8 ½ x 5 ½ in; 216 x 140mm). Numerous illustrations and plates (some folding), 13 extra-illustrations (8 folding). (Most additional plates shaved or spotted or adapted.) Later red half calf by Bayntun-Riviere, top edge of book-block gilded (light scuffing). Excellent extra-illustrated copy.

[with:] two other volumes, part-works of similar interest, in attractive bindings by Root & Son. (3)