Picturesque Egypt by Prof. G. Ebers
Picturesque Egypt by Prof. G. Ebers
Picturesque Egypt by Prof. G. Ebers
Picturesque Egypt by Prof. G. Ebers
Picturesque Egypt by Prof. G. Ebers
Picturesque Egypt by Prof. G. Ebers
Picturesque Egypt by Prof. G. Ebers
Picturesque Egypt by Prof. G. Ebers

Picturesque Egypt by Prof. G. Ebers

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Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque. Translated from the Original German By Clara Bell. With an Introduction and Notes By S. Birch

Publication: 1880s Cassell and Company Ltd

"George Ebers [1837-1898] was a German Egyptologist and Professor at Leipzig University. He is famous for discovering a rare Egyptian papyri of herbal medicine in Thebes that dates to 1550 B.C. Known as the Ebers Papyrus,it is one of the most well preserved of its kind. In addition to his archaeological writing, Ebers penned historical fiction, using his knowledge of Egypt as a setting, romanticizing its myths and legends that helped to popularize the work of early Egyptologists."

Condition: original elaborately decorated gilt cloth boards, beveled edges, profusely illustrated, Moire endpapers, spine edges are worn, corners bumped, binding is tight on both volumes, overall in Very Good condition