Alte Baureste und Hieroglyphische Inschriften im Uadi Gasus

Schweinfurth, G. Alte Baureste und Hieroglyphische Inschriften im Uadi Gasus. Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1885. First edition. Quarto. 23 (1)pp., 2 plates, one of them foldout. original tan paper-covered boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Ruins and hieroglyphic inscriptions in the Wadi Gasus, an essay by G. Schweinfurth with notes by Adolf Erman, the director of the Egyptian Department at the Royal Museum. Essay from the Royal Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. Among the valleys stretching North of Quseir from the Nile to the Red Sea Gasus is of particular interest because of its ruins and inscriptions. Featuring the women holding high hieratic posts towards the end of the 20th dynasty, referred to as the wives of the god Amon. The essay is illustrated with in-text drawings and two plates at rear. One of them is a map of the area, the other a foldout drawing by O. Wagner. Text in German. Boards with some sunning along edges and rubbed. Light sporadic foxing of block. Page seven with creasing at bottom right corner and page 9 darkened at bottom right. Binding in overall good, interior in good to very good condition. g to vg. Hardcover. (43514) $95