Description
Fourth edition of The History of Egypt by Samuel Sharpe, finely bound by Ramage of Edinburgh.
Octavo, [two volumes], xxxii, 407pp; xx, 411pp. Full tan calf, double gilt-ruled border on covers with florets at corners, gilt emblem stamped on front covers. Title in gilt on red and green labels affixed to spines, five raised bands, gilt decorations. Marbled edges. Turn-ins decoratively stamped in blind with gilt board edges. Stamped on front pastedown “Bound by Ramage Edinr.” Solid text blocks, small scratches to covers, light wear to corners. Internally fine. Frontispiece maps in both volumes, fold-out in Volume II, both fine. Set contains over 300 woodcut illustrations.