Title: An Analysis of the Egyptian Mythology: To which is subjoined, a critical examination of the remains of Egyptian Chronology Author: Prichard, James Cowles Place: London Publisher: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper Date: 1819 Description: [2], xviii, 427, [3], 138 pp. With hand-colored engraved frontispiece & 5 engraved plates. 23.4x14.6 cm (9¼x5¾"), modern half cloth & marbled boards, paper spine label. Probable first edition. Significant early study of Egyptian myths and chronology, with comparisons to Greek and Indian and Greek myths, together with Pritchard's interpretation of the hieroglyphic alphabet. A major figure in the history of anthropology, Pritchard held that all of mankind had the same primeval history. There was also another 1819 edition, published by J. & A. Arch; no priority has been determined, but the present edition is much scarcer. Formerly in the Mercantile Library of New York, with old rubberstamps to frontispiece, title page and a few other places. Lot Amendments Condition: Some soiling to title page, corner of frontispiece a bit chipped; short cuts to lower margins of preliminary leaves; lower corners of engraved plates dampstained slightly affected some of the images; overall very good. Item number: 285331
Title: An Analysis of the Egyptian Mythology: To which is subjoined, a critical examination of the remains of Egyptian Chronology Author: Prichard, James Cowles Place: London Publisher: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper Date: 1819 Description: [2], xviii, 427, [3], 138 pp. With hand-colored engraved frontispiece & 5 engraved plates. 23.4x14.6 cm (9¼x5¾"), modern half cloth & marbled boards, paper spine label. Probable first edition. Significant early study of Egyptian myths and chronology, with comparisons to Greek and Indian and Greek myths, together with Pritchard's interpretation of the hieroglyphic alphabet. A major figure in the history of anthropology, Pritchard held that all of mankind had the same primeval history. There was also another 1819 edition, published by J. & A. Arch; no priority has been determined, but the present edition is much scarcer. Formerly in the Mercantile Library of New York, with old rubberstamps to frontispiece, title page and a few other places. Lot Amendments Condition: Some soiling to title page, corner of frontispiece a bit chipped; short cuts to lower margins of preliminary leaves; lower corners of engraved plates dampstained slightly affected some of the images; overall very good. Item number: 285331
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