Product Description
Two scarce works from 1822 on Egyptian mummies and hieroglyphics bound together.
Condition: VG+ to NF BOOK INFO Bound in later Bayntun-Rivière 1/2 polished brown calf: two spine bands and gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers.
Signed with stamp of bindery on verso of FFEP.
Nice wide margins.
Refreshed endpapers.
Thin octavo, 8" x 5".
Two works as follows: 1.
Memoranda, illustrative.
by Edward Upham.
A work on Egyptian tombs, including tomb discoveries, contents found inside including art and mummies, and a discussion on embalming.
Collated and complete: v, [1, blank], 89, [1, blank].
Engraved frontispiece.
Scarce in commerce.
2.
Illustrations of Egyptian Antiquities.
Author unknown.
Discussion on mummies, papyrus, Egyptian gods, sacred animals and objects, hieroglyphics and art.
Collated and complete: [iv], 47, [1] blank [2] plate description and the errata slip.
Fold-out plate.
Very Rare in commerce (only one instance recorded at auction).
A handful of copies at major institutions.
The British Library does not even possess a copy.
CONDITION REPORT The book is in NEAR FINE collectible condition for a book over 200 years old.
Exterior and binding: firm hinges and joints, tight pages, sharp corners.
Calf is glossy and fresh.
A few areas of rubbing to joints, corners and spine.
Gilt work in excellent shape.
Interior: Pages are clean and bright and gently toned.
No writing, ex libris marks or bookplates.
Toning of plates.
Foxing on second work's fold-out plate and adjacent pages.
Offsetting from this plate.
Minimal signs of handling.
All in all, a book in superior collectible condition.
Two very scarce works on Egyptian tombs and hieroglyphics bound together in prestigious Bayntun-Riviere fine binding.
ABOUT THE BINDERY George Bayntun started his own bookbinding business in Northumberland Place in 1894.
He employed London binders to raise the standard of craftsmanship and soon moved into a larger workshop.
In 1939 the Bayntun and Riviere binderies merged to form Bayntun-Riviere, which still operates today.
It is still renowned--worldwide--for executing the highest standards of craftsmanship.
In 1950, Queen Mary granted the firm the appointment of Bookseller to Her Majesty.
Bayntun-Riviere is now the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership and prides itself on continuing to bind entirely by hand.
The bindery has the largest collection of hand tools and blocks in the world (over 15,000) - some dating back to the eighteenth century and all still usable.
Later Bayntun-Rivière polished 1/2 calf
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