The Legacy of Egypt.

HARRIS, J. R.

Item Number: 129517

London: Oxford University Press, 1971.

Early edition of Harris’ famed work on the legacy of Ancient Egypt. Octavo, bound in full crushed camel morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with numerous plates including frontispiece, errata slip bound in. In fine condition.

Edited and compiled by J. R. Harris, The Legacy of Egypt contains surveys on Ancient Egypt's calendars and chronology, mathematics and astronomy, technology and materials, myths and magic, language and writing, literature, laws, and legacy in Africa.