A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BY J. GARDNER WILKINSON 1854 TWO VOLS

[WILKINSON, Sir John Gardner (1797-1875)]. A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians. London: John Murray, 1854.

Revised and abridged edition, in two volumes, cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (20cm x 13cm), pp. xvi, 419, (32 publisher's catalogue); x, 438. English text. Bound in publisher's original cloth, profusely illustrated with five hundred woodcuts, some illustrations folding, printed footnotes, tables, rear index in double columns. Printed by William Clowes and Sons. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure with the hinges and joints intact. Slight darkening to spine cloth, the ends bumped. Interiors largely very well-preserved. Without previous ownership markings.