Egypt : three essays on the history, religion and art of ancient Egypt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brimmer, Martin, 1829-1896.

Contributor:

Chapman, Minna Timmins.

Whitman, Sarah., Binding designer.

Houghton, Mifflin and Company., Publisher.

Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), Printer.

American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--Religion.

Egypt.

Egypt--Antiquities.

Genre:

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Physical Description:

[10], 86 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill., map (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Mass.] : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, the Riverside Press, MDCCCXCII [1892]

Notes:

Preface signed: Martin Brimmer.

"These essays were written ... with the constant assistance and able coöperation of my niece and fellow-traveler, Mrs. John Jay Chapman."--Pref.

"Copyright, 1891, by Martin Brimmer"--T.p. verso.

Title page printed in red and black.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in gold-stamped vellum, design by Sarah Wyman Whitman.

Athenaeum copy: Garrison fund bookplate.

Cited in:

Allen, Sue. Decorated cloth in America, p. 65, 73, 102

Minsky, Richard. The art of American book covers, 29

OCLC:

2803750