Adolf Erman - Aegypten und aegyptisches Leben im Altertum geschildert [...]. Erster [und Zweiter] Band. Mit [400] Abbildungen und [12] Vollbildern

Adolf Erman - Aegypten und aegyptisches Leben im Altertum geschildert [...]. Erster [und Zweiter] Band. Mit [400] Abbildungen im Text und [12] Vollbildern - Tübingen - Verlag der H. Laupp'schen Buchhandlung - 1885 - 1st edition - 2 parts - xvi, 350; viii, [392] pp - Cloth bindings - 18,5 x 26 cm.

Condition: Good set - COMPLETE, sturdy and neat.

Two-volume antiquarian overview work on ancient Egypt and Egyptian culture by the German archaeologist Johann Peter Adolf Erman (1854-1937). Illustrated with black and white drawings and reproductions (including hieroglyphs). With table of contents and index. Text in German. Hardback  FIRST EDITION in two beautiful 19th century Jugendstil bindings.

¶ Dealing with i.a. Jean-François Champollion, the 19th and 20th Dynasties, slaves and slavery (racism and negroes), the pyramid of Cheops, harems, fashion, clothing, alcohol (wine and beer), hunting, dance, music, mythology, religion, the book of the dead, magic, astrology, geometry, art and warfare.

Tutankhamun's tomb was not discovered until 1922, but he himself is already mentioned and depicted. A second revised edition of this book, edited by Hermann Ranke, was published in 1923. An antique reference book that would certainly not have been out of place on the bookshelf of archaeologist / film hero 'Indiana Jones'.