Iincluding Their Private Lives, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion And Early History. Vol I, Vol II, Vol III. Not Including Supplement.

Derived from a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors. All 3 volumes have spines damaged and had missing portions, now restored. Spines have have gold long-stemmed lilies with scarab beetles on top; the front covers in gold show a Pharoah on a swing seat, slightly rubbed. The edges are NOT worn and the corners are only very slightly bumped or not at all. No ownership markings. Frontis MISSING from Volume I and II; VOL I :front free end paper replaced; xxxiii plus Errata slip plus 406 pages; Chapter vignettes from #A to C; text figures to #73a. 3 Plates, one in colour, one folding. VOL II : xxxiv plus Errata slip plus 446 pages; Text Figures go to #317; plates 1-4 and 7 are NOT listed and NOT present; b&w plates 5,6,8,9, are listed and present, colour plate 10 and b&w plates 11,12, and 14 are listed and present; Plate 13 should have formed the frontis but is missing. VOL III : re-printed 1842. colour frontis (Plate 17), xxiv plus 404 pages including Appendix plus 8 pages ads, plates 16 & 17 are in colour; text figures go to #419. Vignettes G H and I. The text figures in Vol I of the Second Series start at # 420. First Edition. Hard Cover Black Cloth.. Covered in archival plastic.