Handbook of Egyptian Gods and Mummy Amulets.
Cairo: 1909. Hardcover. Large octavo. 28pp + liv b&w plates + iipp index. Original printed wrappers, this copy inscribed by the author on front blank "with compliments of R.H. Blanchard, Cairo, 3 April 1912." From the preface: "A handbook that depicts and describes the divinities and amulets found in the graves of ancient cemeteries along the banks of the Nile." The author was a famous American collector of and dealer in Egyptian antiquities who was based in Cairo, where he ran Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, in the Shari'a Kamel. Covers a bit rubbed and darkened, some chafing & creasing to spine ends and corners with a few tiny closed tears at upper spine, first and last leaves lightly foxed, otherwise a tight, unmarked VG copy. Item #59918
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